Here is Dana\u2019s latest report\u2014<\/p>\n
Good news…<\/p>\n
Some may know that John took Bruce to Emergency at UK last Thursday with what had become serious internal bleeding (he was given 4 pints that night). Bleeding ulcers were suspected, but an endoscope showed that he had developed variceals in his stomach. (Blood was backing up from an obstructed artery to the spleen…they think).<\/p>\n
They also noted a hernia (he was already aware of that); then the CT scan showed a mass on his transplanted, nonfunctioning kidney. (There was no mass when he had abdominal surgery last October.) Instructions for a diagnostic MRI were not clear about the location of the transplanted kidney (in the abdomen), so the results were of the normal location for kidneys. A second MRI to get a more detailed view of the suspicious mass was scheduled for this morning, and a biopsy was planned for this afternoon.<\/p>\n
The second MRI showed the \u201cmass\u201d to be the ureter from the kidney tangled up with the hernia. Then, instead of a biopsy, he was scheduled for surgery. Of course, the surgery was more complicated than for a typical hernia, as they didn\u2019t want to compromise the ureter, which he\u2019ll need for a new transplant, and they have to work around major scar tissue (the surgeon in October said it looks like a bomb went off inside).<\/p>\n
The repair was made and he is back in his room tonight, although not all that comfortable, since pain medications (including morphine, fentanyl, and hydrocodone) are ineffective for him now because he was given so much a few years back.<\/p>\n
It’s too bad he\u2019s in pain, but we\u2019re all very relieved that instead of a new malady and round of treatment, the problem was identified and repaired on the same day.<\/p>\n
Now we pray that such a life-threatening level of hemorrhage doesn\u2019t recur, but at least he\u2019ll know what it is a lot more quickly. Again, we have much for which to be grateful.<\/p>\n
Love to all…
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