Update on Samantha Wilson

I received this today from Lucy LePage, Samantha Wilson's mom:

Hello everyone! First of all, thank you so much for your notes of thoughts and prayers. That helps get both of us through this.

Samantha had the ERCP done on Monday. The valve and bile ducts looked good and they did not have to cut any scar tissue out. However, they did put a stent in and the pancreas is contracting 2 times faster than the bile ducts (they can't keep up). So he put some dye in the gall bladder and said that it looked distented (full and she had nothing in it from Saturday on). They took an x-ray of the gall bladder this morning (Thursday) and said that since the dye is still showing up (4 days later) in the gall bladder that means it is definitely not working. So, she was released from MO Baptist this morning and she has an appointment with the gall bladder surgeon on Monday.

It has been a terrible week for Sammy. She had severe pain that they couldn't get under control and then of course nausea and vomiting every time she tried to eat. They finally got her on some medicine that helps control the nausea and she can take those medications orally now. So they released her. She is in a lot of pain, more than usual as the stent is still in there. It will come out on it's own in a week or so. She is very frustrated and at times discouraged but her friends keep her spirits up.

Thank you again for your prayers. We definitely need them!