Poco
05-08-2007, 01:17 PM
Hi Friends,
Just to give you an update on Dick. I took him to the emergency room with severe stomach ache Sunday night. After lots of testing it turned out he has an infected gall bladder. If he were healthy they would have operated to remove it, but they were afraid to compromise his breathing and that he might not have been able to come off the vent used in surgery. So they put a tube in with a local injection to drain the bile out of the gall bladder. It was excruciating for him during the process and we hope this will work. He just didn't need this on top of his als issues. They are going to monitor him there for 3 days and just pray that it works. Might need to keep the tube in for a month. It is so strange to be so out of control of your own body. Just thought I would give you an update.
Thanks,
phyl
Just to give you an update on Dick. I took him to the emergency room with severe stomach ache Sunday night. After lots of testing it turned out he has an infected gall bladder. If he were healthy they would have operated to remove it, but they were afraid to compromise his breathing and that he might not have been able to come off the vent used in surgery. So they put a tube in with a local injection to drain the bile out of the gall bladder. It was excruciating for him during the process and we hope this will work. He just didn't need this on top of his als issues. They are going to monitor him there for 3 days and just pray that it works. Might need to keep the tube in for a month. It is so strange to be so out of control of your own body. Just thought I would give you an update.
Thanks,
phyl
