Stent replacement

Thank u all, my dad called me today while I was off. My sister was with him. It was so nice to hear him talk a mile a minute. They gave him some blood to boost him up. He will get out of hospital tomorrow and then a fun 4th with the whole family. ( we have a rather small one). Hope everyone has a great fourth too. Thank u all for listening. It has really helped get through these roller coaster days.

Thanks all….we took my dad back to er after much discussion with him. His biliruben level was 17. Last week when he was in hospital it was 5. The doctors are going to scope him tonight and if the stent has indeed gone bad they will replace it with another plastic temporary stent. They do not believe they can get a metal one in there long enough. If they are unable to get another plastic one in place they will consider an outside bag. If they see that the stent is draining they will do nothing. They have told us the cancer is very advanced and this my be the course and we would go home with hospice. I will say after some iv fluids my dad has perked up. They are also giving him pain meeds through iv. He just doesn’t want this to be another long hospital stay. As for know doctor appts. Are on hold. Thank you again.

Thank you all…..When we left Ochsner’s hospital my dad had one day at home. He was very jaundice and had low bp and high pulse. My sister and I took him to ER and he was admitted for another week. The blood cultures came back positive for infection and IV antibiotics were given. The stent is an issue. The doctors said they believed it may have gotten moved around a bit during surgery and could have gotten sludge in it. They gave him scans and said it was still draining. After many days of discussion, the doctors signed off to let him out of the hospital and said that his levels were going to be elevated. Unfortunately, we have seen the bile overload worsen in the past few days since being at home. The home health nurse feels certain the internist and onoclogist will address it this week. Hopefully he will receive a new stent and be feeling better. I feel we are in a little bit of “pass the buck” situation. I will update his condition after we see the doctor tomorrow. Thanks for the suggestion of writing questions down. I will ask my dad tonight what he would want to ask too. Thank you again.