Judah's Good Deed

Judah did real good last night. He let me sleep peacefully.
Additionally, he slept peacefully. His lungs seem to be improving alot. As Mom mentioned a few days ago, Dr. Horack let us sit in on his bronchoscopy. The fear was that we were going to find signs of infection, excess fluid and possibly blood. The catacombs, however, were stone dry, pink and yellow, and infection free. The X-rays continue to show signs of congestion (for lack of a better word). Nonetheless, his lung functions seem to improve as they've been able to bring the oxygen concentration down to 35% for prolonged periods- including last night!
Dr. Horack also showed Mom and me Judah's x-rays. While trying to explain some technical issue, he brought up on the computer a CT scan of Judah from May. We were scrolling through Judah's body in a 3 dimensional cross section. Dr. Horack showed us where the signs of congestion and fluid build-up in Judah's lung x-ray corresponded to Judah's CT scan. On the CT scan, he showed us, there is a very clear area under the left lung that is holding fluid. Mom, remembering what Dr. Les Stricke had told her several days prior, wondered why a needle wasn't put to the lung to drain the fluid. Dr. Horack suddenly had an idea! Why not put a needle to the lung and see if they could drain the fluid?
Mere hours later, as Mom reported, almost an entire liter of motor oil brown fluid was drawn out of the lower part of his left lung. Maybe an honorary M.D. is on the horizon?
Judah's blood-work is a big concern/interest now. Thank God, I say. I'd much rather the doctors move on from worrying about his lungs to his blood. One crisis may be moving out of the way, making room for the next. Eventually, the next will be quashed, and so on and so on. The only way out of this is through this.
Since it is Saturday, I don't expect much insight from Judah's doctors. Many of them are taking a well deserved break.
For those of you who will come to visit Hadj, you will find him looking surprisingly less scary. the removal of the face-mask makes him look more normal. He is very thin, though. Speaking of thin: Thank you Hilda for dinner last night. Mom and I are holding on to whatever weight Judah lost in the hopes of returning it to him shortly.