Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Surgery complete

Joe is out of surgery. There were some low blood pressure and low oxygen level issues in recovery so he had to stay a in recovery a little longer. They removed the stint completely. The surgeon said the bile duct was open and felt the stint was not doing anything. There was "sludge" in the pancreas and they cleaned that out. Surgeon felt having the foreign object, i.e. stint, was counterproductive and maybe the cause of bacteria. Back in room now. Oxygen levels are more normal and although BP is low, it is moving upwards towards normal.

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