It was a relief, to say the least, to watch the barium stop at the opening in the bypass, and kind of sit there wondering what to do, and finally decide to go through and fill the next corridor in its journey through the rest of the GI. Willem was just xrayed again an hour after the first photos and the barium is still traveling through the GI. X-rays will be by again in another hour to check the barium's progress. The hope is that it completes it course through the colon (which has a smaller, seemingly less threatening, stricture).
Ultimate goal of this surgery: eat solid food; digest solid food; and, finally, poop.
Willem -- only days before he was stricken with HLH -- leisurely walking, straw in mouth, not a care in the world. A healthy 9 year old boy.
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