Kyle made me do it...Tipping Point

He told me I "had to" post an update.

Doesn't he know I have to finish my first
English paper and take my 2nd Math midterm
tomorrow?

So rude. (kidding, of course I'm kidding!)

This has been one heck of a week.

From start to finish.

And it's not over yet.

Kyle had his fancy schmancy ultra sound yesterday
and the results came back lickity split.

He does NOT have portal vein hypertension.

I repeat, he does NOT have portal vein hypertension.

(basically a plugged up blood flow in or out of
his liver which causes things to shut down.)

That's good.

What's NOT good is we still don't know what's
causing all his problems yet.

Today he had a small surgery up at the Huntsman.

They put a permanent drain line in his belly so
I can play "nurse" and drain his ascites here at home.

Ya, you know you want a video of that.

His belly was pumped out today (down almost 20 pounds from
all the fluid they removed...we have pictures if anyone
wants to see them.  They are horrifically awesome.
Or awesomely horrific--depending on how you feel 
about those sorts of things.)

He feels 1000X times better with all that fluid out 
of his stomach.

He spoke some more with doctors today, who in turn
consulted with some more doctors and each other,
and they all kind of feel like Kyle is at the "tipping point".

(Ya, thanks for the "news flash" fellas!)

Either his blood work/labs will go "good" or "bad"
from this point on.

"Good" means his liver is toxic from radiation 
and chemo and he can rebound on a break from 
all treatment.

(Which presents new problems in and of itself--
but those bridges will be crossed if, and when, they need
to be.)

It means that his liver was angry and mad and telling
his body ENOUGH OF ALL THAT POISON YOU'RE PUTTING IN ME!

"Bad" means he is going to get worse and it will 
be the liver failure end of things.

Which, is really as bad as it gets.

Monday?   More blood work and doctor appointments.

Only more time will tell what his body is doing.

Sadly, or gladly, depending on the outcome, it's not
an easy process to figure out.

I told Kyle this week that as much as you (me) think
you're preparing yourself for the "really bad news"...

You're NEVER prepared.

Lets face it, my heart will never be ready to hear
he's dying....like really really dying.

It just won't.

So tonight he will rest and tomorrow we will pump.
And we then will see what Monday brings.

There's the update for today~