Looks like we will be visiting Johns Hopkins for the diagnostic ERCP that John needs. Dr. Furuya & Dr. Dunn of AI du Pont hospital have consulted w/ the ERCP specialist, Dr. Okolo from Johns Hopkins & they believe that John should have the procedure soon to figure out exactly what needs to be done to correct his common bile duct.
John is feeling fine, despite a head cold we picked up somewhere. No pain. His liver enzymes have returned to normal. His liver is not being damaged at this point and he does NOT have pancreatitis. Pancreatitis is probably the biggest risk of this diagnostic procedure. The skill of the Dr. preforming the test is directly related to the risk of getting pancreatitis.There will be a pediatric anethesia team for John. This will be what we will wait for to schedule the procedure.
BTW, the Celiac & cancer screens were negative. Yeah! Will post more as it comes to me. John will be in the best of care as far as I can tell.
Thank you for all your prayers and well wishes. We really do appreciate it all.
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