Waiting

We finally saw Dr. Luk (gastroenterologist). They have decided to wait until tomorrow to do another hydascan (sp?) and see how things go then. He's not showing enough symptoms to rush into doing the ERCP (endoscopic procedure) or another hydascan; since he has no fever, and liver & pancreas functions are good and the pain and nausea have subsided without having any pain meds since this morning. So, waiting until tomorrow will give it more time to heal over and hopefully not have to do anything more. Doing the hydascan today could cause things to get stirred up again and they'd rather give it another day to heal. They definitely know that he had a leak, but think that not eating (thus not producing bile) has allowed it to heal on it's own

So for now, we wait and see and try to get some rest. Ron is not allowed to eat or drink anything until after the hydascan tomorrow. We feel comfortable with this decision and are hopeful he will not require any more procedures.

Thanks again for your contined prayers.