Today was a mixed day. On the down side, they were unable to get all of the clots/coagulated blood out of her left lung. They were able to clean out the majority of the upper lobe. They got down to the tumor but then could proceed no further to prevent damaging the tumor and cause it to start bleeding again. They will be putting her in a chest wrap that shakes her entire chest in an attempt to get the clots to break up and allow her to cough them up. She will also be using steroid-based inhalers to help break up the remaining clots in her lung. The doctor said that further attempts to get past the tumor would be fruitless unless the tumor shrinks in the future after chemo treatments.

On the positive side, Liz was taken off the breathing assist machine and is breathing fine on her own. She was able to eat a little solid food and felt as well as could be expected considering the past 24 hours of exertion and having tubes down her throat. She should move out of the ICU to a normal bed tomorrow and then be released from the hospital on Friday.