After almost a week at IMC in Murray, UT Larry now has biliary drainage, a pic line inserted for his TPN feedings, his itching has mostly subsided, he has been given a round of antibiotics, insulin injections are in place, he has his pain under control, and we are headed home soon!!!
Tonight a nurse will meet us at our house and get us set up and started with his feedings and other procedures. I feel so much gratitude in my heart for all of the medical professionals involved in our care that have helped get us to this point. I also felt gratitude to my Heavenly Father for preserving Larry's life once again.
Larry will do his feedings through the night and ideally be able to function fairly normal throughout the day. We will have a repeat CT scan in six weeks and pray that the inflammation may be significantly reduced. The ultimate goal is to get to the University of MN for surgery asap. He is currently penciled in for September 3rd at which time he will have a TPIAT (total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation). During this 10-12 hour surgery they will completely remove his diseased pancreas, take out his islet cells that make insulin, and put those cells into his liver with the expectation that the liver will start making insulin in place of the pancreas.
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