Off to the Doctors Again

We had another appointment at the hospital today. This one was with the surgeon who is looking at James’ liver problems. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Lyds and James had a really long day with checkups with the Nurses, blood tests and everything else before the actually appointment at 1:50. We all went along for the main appointment, only to find out that the surgeon was still in theatre and wouldn’t be back until at least 3 o’clock. By the time we actually saw him it was closer to 4:30. We are going to have to go back for some more surgery in late February. We found out that the Choledochal Cyst is a little different from what we originally thought. What the surgeon is going to do is to remove the Gall Bladder and the Bile Ducts and a bit of his Intestine. He will then use this bit of intestine to replace the ducts from the liver to the Small Intestine. <IMG style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 222px" height=222 src="http://www.oneroundpebble.com/images/james/bile_duct.png" width=300 align=middle mce_src="/images/james/bile_duct.png"> This shouldn’t have any real long term impact on the little guys quality of life, apparently the Gall Bladder doesn’t really do too much, it stores the bile and releases it when we eat, but we can live without it. The little guy will be in hospital for about a week assuming that all goes well and then we’ll get him back home again. The only thing that may hold us back is his size. Given that he’s so small at the moment, we may have the surgery delayed if he doesn’t put on enough weight over the next two months.