Larry is done with his surgery. The good news is that the surgery went pretty quickly and they were able to get the stent placed. Larry is, however, having some abdominal pains that may just be from going inside, but may also be from pancreatitis. We are not sure yet, but they are giving him pain meds.
Outcomes from the surgery:
1. They ran dye through the stent and it seems to be draining well. The purpose of the stent is to allow the excess fluid from the pancreas to drain out to avoid further complications such as sepsis. The plan is to give the body support so it can heal itself.
2. The feeding tube has been removed. Largely so the doctor could get into where he needed to. The hope is that he cans tart eating very slowly and not have the feeding tube put back in, but there is a chance that he will have to have it replaced.
3. The pancreas is in pretty bad shape, like cottage cheese. The duct to the pancreas is extremely misshapen. The good news is that the pancreas is one organ that can regenerate itself, but at this point we are not sure how much it will regenerate and how extensive the damage really is.
4. There are growths that are possibly cancerous. We have been referred to Dr. Moesinger in Ogden and will be meeting with him in the next day or two for a CT scan and consult.
Just as a side not, we met with a urologist yesterday that we have been waiting to get into for several weeks. Larry has an enlarged prostrate and will be having surgery in 8 weeks to have it reduced. All of these problems started about 3 mos. ago.
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