Monday

5PM Well, the doc is watching ultrasound for bile duct inflamation and there isn't any (yet). If we start to see any, they can insert a stint into the duct to help ensure proper bile flow. These stints can last weeks, months, years. So, a good option. We do not have hepatic artery flow (yet, again I keep hoping there will be) and the team seems skeptical that there will be...so the liver is functioning on the blood flow from the portal vein and we continue to wait and see when/what effect it will have.
3PM still waiting for the doc to come back, he's busy, hopefully soon. Here's a picture.
930AM Back from the ultrasound...got called away so didn't finish the 730 update. Still unable to find the hepatic artery. I'm waiting for the docs to come around at rounds to see what they're thinking. White blood count was up a bit yesterday but seems to be coming down today so that is good. Still not drinking anything again yet...lots of bile in the tummy (which is fine) just not passing it yet - totally normal, it can take some time to get things "moving" again.

730AM It's Monday morning at the hospital so things are buzzing again. We're headed for an ultrasound shortly. They were able to normalize his main immunosuppressant med yesterday (Tacrolimus for all you google happy individuals).