6-30 2:08
Nicki is out of surgery. The Dr said that he accomplished what he set out to do but that it was a very hard surgery. The bile duct where the stint was, is surrounded by vericose veins. He had to cut through these in order to be able to reroute the billiary duct. Vericose veins bleed profusely so he had to stop the bleeding a couple of times. There was not a lot of blood loss during this process. Nicki is losing blood somewhere but they are unable to find the cause at this point. Her pre op bloodwork showed a hemoglobin of 7 which is very low. He scoped several areas but did not see the problem. He also sent a biopsy of her liver to check for damage. The Dr says he just wants her to heal right now and that she will be in the hospital for 7-8 days. That's it for now. I will update after we see her. I will know her room numer soon and will let you know. They don't assign you a room until you are out of surgery.