Ray is all done!
Surgery was from 12:15-4:00, finishing up in OR now. Will be able to see
him in recovery now in about 30-45 min.
Dr. Sudan, who
did his 2nd transplant actually ended up doing the surgery today. An OR
came open, Dr. Knechtle was in another surgery and couldn't get to Ray
until the afternoon so he let Dr. Sudan just go ahead and begin. By the
time he went in to check in/help out she was close to being done and
that was about 3:00/3:15.
The report from Dr. Sudan was:
1. Ray was very stable during surgery
2. Pretty sticky getting in- with scar tissue/adhesion
3.
Visually looking at the liver- what they could see of it- looked great,
rock solid in how it should look, where it was, etc....although there
was scar tissue already cob webbing around it (not an issue but just
what his body does)
4. Cut out a pretty long stricture- it was
very thickened and scarred...about 3/4" scarred- very thick, very
inflamed. So now that she had seen it with her own eyes she could
understand why ballooning it wasn't do anything...it was just too dense
and thich and inflamed and she was sure it probably just went right back
down to how it was after ballooning.
4. In 90+% of cases this is a correction and it is fixed- outcome beyond this is good.
5. Was left with a good size duct, feels good about what was left.
Waiting
to see Ray now and then move forward the next few days. Just please
continue to think of him and pray for him. Little pain, quick healing,
quick recovery. The quicker he can tolerate pain, get his bowels/insides
moving, up and moving the quicker he can come home, possibly by mid
week.
Thank you again for all the text, calls, emails, FB
messages and especially the prayers. Keep the coming. I especially ask
that you pray for Rays kidneys which typically take the brunt during
surgery and were already bearing a brunt before this. Pray they bounce
back quickly. Pray his liver numbers bounce back quickly and we can ALL
return home together soon...healthy!
Janet
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