Our last update felt so good to write. As I start writing this morning I am scared, sad and frustrated.
Thursday, the 23rd Brandon had some severe cramping, we inspected him quick and noticed a ton of blood in his biliary drain bag. (Blood is not suppose to come out of there, I asked) We jumped in the car (lucky my parents were here so we didn't have to think about who could sit be here with the kids) We were in the ER till the early morning hours and then up to 7C at the U of M hospital. (our view)
He did need 2 units of blood throughout the day since his hemoglobin was dropping. We made it home yesterday around 4:30pm.
The kids had amazing time with friends to keep them feeling like life is normal. It is such a beautiful weekend I am glad they are getting to enjoy it!
Brandon and I had a nice evening last night chatting and watching Grey's Anatomy, yes he enjoys surgery shows still after this and cooking shows even though he isn't eating a ton.
At 10ish last night it happened again, more blood and more pain this time. We had a friend rush over and we were off to the hospital again! Man, the ER is an amazing place and a frustrating place, then to put a Saturday night on top of that - UGH. It was so hard to just sit and wait while he was in pain. I was so frustrated that the doctor took forever and he was in so much pain I called the on-call surgical team to come down for a consult from my cell phone and they came right down. They did a CT scan and took him up to 7C where they take great care of him.
As of right now, He is going into IR (department that works with drains and put this in) and they want to get to the bottom of this, the surgical team is over seeing everything too. They are going to put him out to take a good look around and fix this!
Everyone please say a little prayer and send lots of healing vibes, this is intense and we know he is in the best hands. It's hard to be there waiting - it's hard to be here with the kids wondering. This is scary but they are going to fix him! More soon - Jen