The surgeon came out...

and now Mary is missing a gall bladder.

Dr. Vesser said that the gall bladder was heavily inflammed and he also removed the cystic node. The prelim reading of the node by the pathologist was negative for tumor.

The bottom line is that they don't know what is causing the problem. Removing the gall bladder probably did not hurt the cause of figuring it out nor is it clear it helped the cause of figuring it out.

So the surgeon is still slightly in favor of a diagnosis of inflammation rather than tumor. Based on what he saw during the laparoscopy, he saw inflammation or at least what looks like inflammation of much of the cholangio area: liver, hepatic duct, common bile duct, etc.

Next steps are to see if the body can recover with rest and meds. If not, major surgery may be in line in a few weeks.

Mary will be moved to a surgical floor instead of back to her room with the really nice window. Bummer Hal, I liked that room.

Pat