ERCP #2 is done & Mary is back in her room

The Doc came out and found me this time, but then again, I am in the middle of the traffic flow and he'd have to be blind to miss me. Besides, I would have tackled him if he went the wrong way.

The procedure is done and he feels he got lots of material for the biopsy. If not or if the biopsy is not conclusive, he recommends going to Stanford because they have some new super duper technology that allows them to target and take bad guys for biopsy much better than he can.

Also, the stents are placed and now its a matter of the bile flowing and allowing the liver enzymes to normalize. We'll know more in the morning. If they are working, we can start discussing Mary's release from here and getting home--before she heads to Stanford.

Son Daniel called as I was typing this and before he hung up, our friend Mary walked in to the waiting area. So while Mary and I were talking, our girl rolled by on a gurney. We walked with her and I helped the orderly put her in bed. I asked her if she was awake after her three steps from the gurney to the bed and she said yes. However, her snoring tells me we are in for that long sleep we had on Monday afternoon--about 4 hours worth.

So at this point I am going to go home, feed the dogs and do some laundry. Call the house if you'd like to talk. If the line is busy, try back in 10 minutes.

Pat