Things went well for Ron at Presby. It was a long icky morning for him, having to swallow all that barium, but the Upper GI showed no obstructions, great news...and no EGD needed! They said he has "just enough small bowel" to eventually have a semi-normal life (eating habits-wise).
So now we know that there is nothing structurally wrong and the search begins to figure out why he is having such a difficult time eating. First order of business is to try some medication used to get digestive tract to "wake up".
He has also lost 7 pounds (of fluid) in the last week...WOO HOO...no more tree trunk legs! We are so thankful for our wonderful doctors and all the staff at Presbyterian. We were able to have the Upper GI done, IR change g-tube dressing and meet with both Dr. Shires and Dr. Arslanlar all down in Radiology! They are so great to come to us instead of us having to spend more time trying to fit in appointments.
Presby again in 2 weeks (unless something comes up before then).
Please pray for Ron's mom who is extremely ill (bleeding ulcer the culprit again). I went from Ron's procedure at Presbyterian to meet the ambulance at Harris HEB Wednesday afternoon. Thankfully, Aaron was in Dallas on a job interview and we had met for lunch. He took Ron home for me. They admitted her to CCU/ICU around 8:30 PM; we arrived home around 10. They are hoping her night will go well enough to do surgery in the morning.
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