And Then You Get a Popsicle

DToday's consult was not quite what we were hoping for.

The surgeon says that her pleural effusion has gotten larger over the last week, and he believes there is no longer a reason to hope that it will clear up on its own.

He is trying to schedule a thoracentesis (procedure to extract the fluid from the lining of the lungs) for tomorrow or Thursday. At the moment we believe this procedure will be done at Jewish Hospital--Kenwood.

Unfortunately, the doc's secretary (or whomever she is) appears to be dragging her feet on scheduling the procedure because I pissed her off in our appointment. How is not important--what is important, though, is that things are back to normal enough that Sherri's the nice one, and I'm the asshole again. This must be incredibly soothing to the fabric of space-time.

UPDATE: The procedure is scheduled for Friday morning, 10:30, Jewish Hospital--Kenwood.