Day 47: T+47

Early in the day Eric got platelets in preparation for his endoscopy (going down his throat to look at his upper GI tract) and ERCP (going further down). The doctors wanted to make sure the platelets were high enough (to 75) to be safe before the procedure. They were looking for a few things: 

1. GVHD (graft versus host disease)

 in his GI 

2. CMV (a virus)

3. To make a small cut at the end of his duct to help prevent future gallstones getting stuck. (A gallstone being stuck in his duct is what they think happened to give him pancreatitis.)

He got one bag of platelets, and was given another to go down with. Here he is being transported down:

And because we are those people who take pictures of these things:

Eric went back, and we went to the waiting room. Unfortunately, it wasn't a long wait because they weren't able to get the scope down past his esophageal stricture (we knew he had one before going in).  It was a hard and frustrating day after that. It's hard when you reach a wall. There has been talk of doing a swallow study to see what his throat and muscles looks like and are doing. 

So for today we wait again. This is sure a waiting and patience game.  

Eric, you are a trooper! Way to stick in there through all of this hard stuff. I'll continue to be there with you through it! Still love you!

Jamie