Heading to the hospital and hoping to return to a normal color soon!

Kim is on her way to the University of Chicago Medical Center where she will be admitted and then undergo a procedure tomorrow called ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography). The procedure combines upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy and x-rays to treat problems of the bile and pancreatic ducts. Your bile ducts are tubes that carry bile from your liver to your gallbladder and duodenum. As Kim explained in her last post, her duct is blocked causing bile to build up in her liver. Because of this she is extremely jaundiced. Hopefully they will be able to drain some of the bile during this procedure and decide what to do about her gall bladder. She is hoping that they will choose to remove it rather than insert stents like her brother's doctors did initially. He said they were very painful and did not ultimately solve his problem. After she has the procedure, she will share results and next steps.