Day 35

MONDAY MORNING October 15 day 35

Jeff had a rough night. He had issues with his lungs and lots of bleeding from his stomach. They are going to scope his stomach at 9:00 am. He will more than likely have a bronchectomy. Please pray that all goes well. I feel sick in my heart. I just want him to start getting better and continue getting better.

MONDAY MORNING October 15

They did the scope and found a huge blood clot at the sight of the ulcers. They cannot remove the clot because it would cause uncontrollable bleeding. The surgeon said that there was nothing they could do surgically to repair this. They have called radiology to do an angiogram to see if they can find the source of the bleeding and embolize it to stop the bleeding. The doctors say they have never seen anything this serious.

Pray that they can find the source of the bleeding and he can heal. Tomorrow is my son's birthday. He only wants to see his father on his birthday.

MONDAY AFTERNOON October 15

Jeff went in for an arterialgram this afternoon to see if they could find the source of the bleeding. The radiologist said that they injected the dye into his arteries. There was no active bleeding at the time but they know which artery feeds the duodenum (where the blood clot was found). He packed the artery with coils to hopefully stop the blood flow to the area.

He is scheduled to have another procedure in the morning but we do not know what time. I have not been able to see him since he got back to his room.