Well! we have spend the day at the Oncology Unit at Castle Hill, Cottingham, waiting to find out if John's Liver Duct was blocked and if they could put a Stent in, only to be told that it is not blocked and they don't know why his Liver is not draining as it should. They are keeping John in overnight to flush his Liver through with extra fluids to see if that helps to bring down the high Bilirubin levels. It has also delayed the start of his Chemo yet again.
We feel as if we are constantly taking one step forward and two backwards - getting nowhere fast.
He will hear tomorrow hopefully from the Oncologist what the next move will be, it maybe that they have to blast his Liver with Radiotherapy first before starting Chemo as one of the proposed Chemo drugs is processed in the Liver and as John's Bilirubin levels are so high this would make him very ill indeed. It was suggested that they may change the drug to one that is processed through his Kidneys but we don't know of that is still an option.
It is really depressing him and you never know what to say for fear of upsetting him further.
I am hoping to keep the Blog up to date so that everyone is kept informed of his progress or at the moment the lack of!.
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