Tony ended up having extreme abdominal pain again last night (this has happened several times and usually corresponds with high liver counts). It started last night around 9 and then didn't stop. So this morning he talked to his doctors and they advised him to come down to their ER (but they did schedule an appointment for the ER so he'd get right in). Even with his scheduled appointment it took more than an hour before they drew his blood. They checked his pancreas levels (lipase)as well this time. Normal range is between 8 - 78. His came back at a whopping 2,055. So they immediately admitted him to the hospital. When the lipase count is that high, it will actually start to digest the pancreas so it can be quite dangerous. He was officially diagnosed with pancreatitis and they have him on a constant flow of fluids and he won't be able to eat for five days or so until they can stop the pancreas from making too much plasma. They suspect an obstruction in one of the ducts, and did a CT scan today of his pancreas, but they will likely do an endoscopy tomorrow to really get to the bottom of what is going on. So it's around 5 days or so in the hospital to get this all stabilized again, and then we'll start talking chemo. Tony is grateful they've finally figured out what's going on and can treat it. He's been dealing with a lot of pain.
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