Lisa, they did put in a permanent drain and we were all prepared to come home and deal with it every few days as needed. To keep him comfortable. Sadly, shortly afterward, he developed other complications and went quickly downhill. We lost my beloved late Friday and he never came home. We hadn’t even gotten to the point of an end of life discussion he had been so optimistic. We were very unprepared. My advice to anyone at this stage though, would be, don’t put off those conversations with your family. Prayers, Shari