We met with the surgeon, Dr. Gill, this morning. It was a very enlightening visit. He showed us Steve's MRI. His insides look like a hand grenade blew up in there. The surgeon doesn't want to go in there...his organs (spleen, stomach, pancreas, etc) are all fused together with scar tissue. He likened it to plaster of paris hardening and keeping them together. They've scheduled a procedure with interventional radiology to drain the abscess on October 4th. The abscess is about the size of an irregularly shaped ping pong ball. Interventional radiology will use CT scanning to guide themselves in from the back. They most likely will have to go through his lung. Hopefully they'll be able to drain it, and the tissue will remain in there. Steve's pancreas looks horrible and there's only about 20% of it left. He's taken a beating, that's for sure. However, it's still producing enzymes and insulin...that's a huge blessing.
Thanks as always for checking on us. We're hanging in there.
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