Counting Stents

We are still waiting. They have a status board so those waiting can track the activity on their loved ones. Unfortunately, no one gave me Mary's case number which is the way its displayed. Fortunately, there are only two ORs today so she is either 57936 or 59091. They both have similar status so it doesn't matter. In reality, the only thing that matters is what Dr. Vesser says when he comes out.

This waiting area is known as E2. E2 is the major surgery area for the Stanford complex. Its the same area I waited in for our friend Mary (MOR). You can walk down memory lane by visiting http://morstatus.blogspot.com

Ingrid has dropped a note and wanted to know what happened to all the stents. At Good Sam, Dr. Terry Lin inserted two stents during ERCP #2. At Stanford, Dr. Banerjee removed both of those stents during ERCP #3 and replaced them with a single, larger stent after taking the biopsy samples. Mary's pain that started on Wed afternoon may have been from a blockage further up the hepatic duct so Dr. Banerjee inserted a 2nd stent during ERCP #4. Given Mary's somewhat lack of pain this AM, that stent has provided some benefit.

Some kids, part of a large family waiting for a surgical outcome, just arrived with chips and soda. I am about to attack them and steal their food.

More later during this hospital hour.