We just received news that my mom is going through her first procedure today at 4:30.
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography:
ERCP is used primarily to diagnose and treat conditions of the bile ducts, including gallstones, inflammatory strictures (scars), leaks (from trauma and surgery), and cancer.
The doctor is going to try to clear up my mom's blockage from the cancer, so that fluids will be released. If the procedure goes perfectly, then a lot of pain will be relieved and they will better diagnose her cancer. However, because of the location and the back-up of bile, there is a high possibility that they will not be able to even get to her mass.
Please pray this is not true!!! Please pray that this procedure will go better than even imagined.
Also, that she is accepted into Houston's MD Anderson's Hospital in Houston- they perform the most sugeries of her kind.
Love yall.
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