Houston, you always have problems

Our Liver Clinic Appt:

1. Ws labs are more elevated than the last go round. Bili is normal. Maybe from being sick with a cold?

2. Currently, they are thinking that his vein scarring procedure may have helped and hurt him. While he needed to have something done to keep him from bleeding into his intestine, now there is more compromised blood flow.

3. Compromised blood flow to any organ/tissue causes damage. (Think heart attack process) This is probably why his numbers are still high.

4. The great bile duct blow out of 2012 has nothing to do with this vein/blood flow thing that is currently playing out.

5. "Portal Hypertension" keeps getting used. I need to review some info on this before I explain further.

6. A very brief, very much un-welcomed mention of a possible re-transplant years down the line if they can't get this sorted out. Mom started to get bat-shit crazy, so I was reassured it was nothing he needed NOW and the convo was quickly steered elsewhere.

7. Next step is a MRI over the holidays to study blood flow to the liver.

While we are not in a crisis situation right now, I sure would appreciate prayers and positivity sent his way. We'll keep you updated. Thanks!


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