And here's some video

Hello all,

Not much to report, really, since yesterday. Peter is doing quite well, even in the opinion of Dr. Overman. There's a long way to go yet, but things are definitely looking up. He has been taken off Dopamine and Milrinone completely (both are heart medications but he was receiving them primarily to boost kidney function) and they're working on the methadone. This is not an easy task because it is a habit-forming drug. Apparently, they were weaning it a little too quickly and found he was suffering from withdrawal, so they eased up on the schedule. Octreotide, the medication that he was receiving to fight the chylothorax is being weaned over five days and he should be off of it by Friday (though the doctors believe this medication has had no effect on Peter whatsoever).

So, Peter is still a little bit of a junkie, but he is making progress. He was apparently so eager to get rid of tubes that he yanked his feeding tube out of his nose this morning. An enterprising nurse quickly took a picture of Peter without any tube whatsoever on his face and printed a copy for us (sorry, no digital version available). The tube had to go back in, though...

Here's some video of Peter from last Sunday (sorry, had some trouble uploading it):