Bryan just emailed this update Sunday morning:
Just met with Dr McKellar up at the U who is the Cardiothorasic Surgeon. He looks very hopeful and likes the progress that he sees with Dad at this point. The swelling in legs and abdomen is continuing to go down and is breathing a little easier now. The plan looks like they will pull the drain from his pericardium tomorrow, keep him overnight and repeat the echo. If all goes well then he will go home.
IF, when Dad gets home and he feels like he is "stalling-out" again and not feeling better then they will do the Pericardectomy within the week. All of this depends on HIS symptoms and how he feels. He should be able to walk on treadmill for 20+ minutes without a problem. I really like this guy, he is definitely looking to "NOT" do the procedure unless it will make him feel a ton better. He also mentioned that the risk of this procedure is not very high with Dads condition.
