Well, we heard from the doctor earlier today. The scope they did this morning looked good (non-cancerous), which is awesome. They will have a full diagnosis in the morning, but he said the initial looks were good.
Basically they've diagnosed Sara with a torn thorasic duct. The problem with this is that it is very difficult to find and repair. The outlook we are currently looking at is that if we can eliminate the fatty food intake, there won't be anything traveling through the duct. It will then, hopefully, heal with time making her able to use it again. Then Sara can slowly add in fatty foods.
The options for that are to try a fat free diet. (Very hard to do, while still getting enough calories to give her body enough fuel to operate her day to day activities.) The other option is to insert a pic line to feed her with a TPN. Basically it is a way to feed her through a tube for about 3-4 weeks. It'd be a minor surgery to install it. Then she just hooks up a bag at night to get her nutrients.
She'll have to get tapped again, to get most of the fluid out of her chest/abdomen. They said that they cannot fully remove all the fatty fluid through this, but they did say the body is an amazing thing, and the remaining fluid will re-absorb into her system over time. Pretty cool how the physiology that God gave us will help self repair us. I wish my house would self repair :)
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I'm praying for you as you walk through all this. what an "adventure" for sure!
ReplyDeleteThank goodness it was something they found quickly. God Bless you both and we are keeping fingers crossed that all works well and fast. Love you guys! Sue G.
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