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Things didn't go according to plan as you may well have noticed. We had our Thursday appointment with our doctor; we were quite confident that we would get the tick of approval to head back to Mackay. There were some signs that we shouldn't have been so confident; namely that Riley would wake up with a puffy face that wouldn't go away until close to mid-morning.

He had flagged this upon her discharge last Monday and said that he would check in on it for her follow up appointments.

He pulled up her Xray and it showed that there was an excess of fluid built up on her right side. The anticipated trip back home by the weekend was not to be. She would need to take extra medication to temper it and he would want to check in on her a few days later to see if it worked. If it hadn't we would be moving into getting a chest drain put back in which we all didn't want. He said there was not enough fluid there to warrant that option but would have to keep an eye on it.

So if all they needed to do was a check up then we had a suggestion. Could she just get seen back home by her cardiologist who is visiting Mackay at the end of the next week? But when he was consulted; he agreed that we should stay put in Brisbane for the time being. Overall if I was being honest I felt better that we come back to Mackay without that hanging over our head.

Come today; we were a little more confident of a good report. Riley had been taking her medications and she was noticeably less puffy. We entered our appointment with a brand new Xray that showed the fluid had gone down and they now could join us in our confidence about heading home.

Although I love the beautiful view of Southbank and the river from our balcony; we are very excited to get back to normal life. We've packed, our flights are booked and we head back to Mackay late tonight!

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