ERCP + for Chris

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came home very rattled from his appointment. His liverenzymes

are still rising and now they are concerned about his large spleen.

He's going to have the ercp tomorrow still and then doppler studies of

his abdominal vessels? They can't figure out why the liver keeps

going up and the spleen keeps enlarging. Now he is really scared. I

am so, worried about him. Our children aren't suposed to suffer like

this. Hope the ERCP doesn't cause him more grief.

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> , Please keep us posted. My prayers are with you all.

K.

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Thanks . did pretty good yesterday. I don't have the

report with me, but in my terms she found the area where the

pancreatic and liver ducts enter the small intestine was stenotic.

She placed some tiny cuts and then gradually stretched the duct

enough to place a stent. She was quite happy with the result and he

will go back Wednesday to have the stent removed. She said even

though the barbs were removed, it was so stenotic, she doesn't think

it will fall out. Hopefully it won't immediately close up. I can't

remember the rest of the pancreas details, other than the tail still

looks good. He felt alright when he woke up. HE had a general

anesthesia and his pain was no more than usual. Today, it is a

little worse, but still tolerable. So, we have our fingers crossed

that he gets away without an acute attack. I'm just so glad that it

is over and she found something that may be causing his liver enzymes

to keep elevating and she did something about it. She also agreed

to take his case for clinic also, so he will still see his " fellow " ,

but she will also see him in clinic on other days and she will be his

attending for emergencies, etc. not just his surgeries. So, all in

all it was a very good day. Thank you again for your concern and

mostly your prayers. Blessings,