Hi all,
John is out of surgery. I have not seen him yet. He had another stent placed in his esophagus to try again to stretch that stricture out (sung to the tune of "work this mutha out"). This time he has a stop value on the end of the stent to keep the acid from coming back into his esophagus and making the stricture worse. He also has a bridle (yes, like a horse) attached to the stent which comes out his nose. This is to hold the stent in place. Many of you may remember that migration was an issue in the past. The bridle should prevent that. He was also given many steriod injections during the procedure to reduce inflamation. If you were starting to think it now, the answer is "yes", our doctor is a rock star. The stop value has nevereven been used on a human before John. The bridle will actually be removed on Friday morning so John will be ready to pitch Bree's softball game w/o a bow coming out of his nose (this was his greatest fear)on Saturday. The stent will remain in place for 1 month. After that, we will see if it worked. If it did, he may have one more surery repair the hernia that may have been the cause of the stricture in the first place. Lastly, he will come home with and for 24 hours have a probe in his nose to measure how much if any acid is getting into his esophagus. That is all for now. I am going to finish my lunch and hopefully see John soon. Thanks for the prayers.
Becah
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