Improvement

It is perhaps a little counter-intuitive but we are happy to report that the chyle leak has started up again, this time on the right. We consider this good news because it means an immediate improvement in Peter's health as the fluids are no longer building up in his body. After two turbulent days during which there was temporarily no drainage, the chyle leak shifted over to the right (the side where the drainage tube had been removed last week but which has been replaced, of course), leaving the left side at a complete standstill. At the moment, drainage is about at half the speed (ca. 400 ml a day) from last week. This is still a substantial amount of fluid loss but quite an improvement from before.

Of course, Peter remains a sick little boy. His kidneys are not functioning exactly like they should, though Peter is reacting well to the change in diuretics. Today, he was losing about the same amount of fluids as he was taking in. Hopefully he will be losing the extra fluids soon.

Perhaps this is the way the chyle leak will stop: bit by bit. Please continue to pray for Peter that the leak might stop soon but that it might not be too abruptly.