Jan Arne has been feeling pretty well after Tuesday, not that much nausea anymore, nothing in his stomach of course either. But he has been very tired. The liver values in the blood test on Monday were pretty high but other values around normal limits, indicating that either there is a blockage somewhere in the bile ducts or that the tumours in the liver are obstructing the flow of bile in the liver (this is how I understood it).
The ERCP procedure was done this morning. It seems that there was "only" a regular gall stone in the bile duct stent! No blockages or tight spots caused by metastases elsewhere. The stent had also slightly moved, so they removed the stone and replaced the stent. What a relief if that would normalise the liver values and improve his appetite. The cancer is still there of course and we don't know if the virus treatment has affected its rabid advance, but if at least he'd feel better for a while, that's be great news at this point.
Jan Arne is still in hospital, they would have sent him home but he wasn't feeling exactly great after the anaesthetics and all that so I think he will stay at the hospital for the night. He was going to try to eat something today, must be weird after almost a week with no food really. Let's see how he feels tomorrow.
2 comments:
Thanks for the update!! Glad to hear that at least he had the ERCP procedure done and got himself a new stent with no stone!
And we know that he is now resting, I think you (Marjo the wifey) will need to rest too.
Still praying for all of you ...
Not a day goes by I wouldn't be thinking of you, Jan Arne - and the family, too. Hang in there! -antti
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