Had his second endoscopic procedure this past Friday, they were still not able to remove the large stone blocking his pancreatic duct. They removed the stent from last time and replaced it with a larger one (went from a "five french" to a "seven french" if that means anything to you). He stayed in the hospital overnight for observation, then went home on Saturday afternoon. He is generally happy, but low energy and low appetite. He is scheduled for a third ERCP in six weeks, and they do expect to be able to get the stone out then. If that doesn't relieve his symptoms, then the next option is invasive abdominal surgery to open up the pancreatic duct.

Thanks for the update. So sorry to hear of all this poor child, and his parents, are going through.

I hope all goes well with the next visit to the doc. 

Ron,
sorry that things are still not sorted, it must be a real drain on you and the Missus. i'm not a religious sort of bloke but you are all in my thoughts.

Jim

PS
Is there anything typically English your Son would like that wont cost the earth to post over to you? PM me or drop me an E-Mail.

Hope everything goes alright for you and your son.

Just read your monthly JamesAxler e-mail Ron, and just wanted to say how sorry I am to hear about your son's condition. Good luck on the upcoming surgery.

I've also just read the ja report.
My thoughts are still with you and lets hope Santa brings a real gift of joy and health in his sack this year.

Jim