So. Brian had his pre-surgery lab work, which showed his liver enzymes were elevated. That was no surprise, with his type 2 diabetes, all the meds he takes, and his awful diet. Undoubtedly he has a fatty liver, just like his dad. Just to make sure, the doctor referred him for an abdominal ultrasound. Sure enough, fatty liver. However, his spleen is also enlarged. This is a problem. No surgeon will operate on someone with splenomegaly without further testing. Since all Brian's other blood work was normal (no elevated white cells, etc), it's probably nothing serious. The big issue is establishing that it's okay in time to have the surgery.
Maybe we should be more worried about his spleen, but with no symptoms at all, and normal blood work (except for the liver enzymes), I have a hard time believing it's anything serious. Brian's never had anything normal in his life, so of COURSE his spleen would be enlarged. We'll see a GI specialist this coming week and hopefully that will be that.
Bill did point out that Brian could have mono without even knowing it, since he's so tired all the time anyway. That's a good point, but again, no elevated white count?
In the meantime, we're going on as planned. Today I took off half a day from work to clean and cook in preparation for Brian's Chewing Party tomorrow. I started to make the cheesecake and realized we are completely out of flour. Bill is running errands now, and I've been doing other things around the house until the flour arrives. I wrapped all of Brian's "gifts" for the party, which will make up his Surgery Survival Kit. I'll post some photos of that tomorrow.
Back to cooking and cleaning!
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