Today was our third day at Stanford. Yesterday was a mess. They had a couple of appointments too close together so we were scrambling between appointments.
Then I left glasses and pens behind, couldn’t find my watch when I took it off during a blood draw, and just generally created undue grief on the situation.
Today we only had one appointment with the lung transplant peoples. We had a brief consult with one of the Doctor’s P.A.’s about my health history. I walked to hell and gone for a chest X-ray.
We finally met with Dr. Shravani Pasupneti. She told us that she thinks I need a new heart. She’s not so sure I need lungs.
The other problem she threw into the mix was there is something weird going on with my pancreas. Here’s what it says in the report.
This report is listed under CT CHEST, ABDOMEN PELVIS WITH IV CONTRAST.
Pancreas: Diffuse fatty atrophy. More prominent than prior examinations, there is a region of relatively increased density and enhancement at the midline pancreatic body (Series 11, Image 70) that persists on the delayed sequences (Series 13, Image 66) with mild surrounding fat stranding. No ductal dilatation.
What it means is we are going to run a bunch of tests back up in Spokane and then return to Stanford in a couple of months.
We were hoping we would hear about getting on the transplant list by next week but that is not going to happen.
Right now, we are about to enjoy a nice barbecued pork chop dinner her at Arnie’s.
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