Posts by driftingcobra27

Thanks for all the input, everyone. My dad is still being run through various tests at the hospital. So far, they’re saying the fluid around half of his heart has receded, but there’s still some left. He actually had a procedure yesterday where they used a needle to drain some of it 😕. They’re sending that fluid off for lab work, so we’re currently in limbo waiting to hear what the next move is and how long his stay might be. Does anyone know what they’re typically looking for when they run an analysis on that kind of fluid?

After dealing with increasingly labored breathing for several days now, my dad—who is still recovering from a stroke he had six months ago—finally reached out to his doctor. He’s being sent in for a battery of tests at the hospital. The first thing they told us was that his heart is enlarged, though we’re still waiting on the rest of the results... Does anyone here have any insight into what an enlarged heart actually implies? Are there specific medications or standard therapies usually prescribed for this?