It's over! They got Bill about 1:30 and he was back in the room at 2:15.

Everything went fine. They removed a fist sized clot. It may have been bigger but Sharon was getting lots of clots when she was irrigating before they took him so she was probably breaking pieces off. They didn't see any active bleeds and I asked if there was any indication of what started it to begin with and they had no idea. She said that this sometimes happens when patients were on blood thinners.

They did not have to use any sedation, just some fentanyl for pain, and it makes him sleep. He's been awake some since they brought him back. But he's already been cleaned up again and his food started and all of his vitals are good.

The catheter he has now is a triple. What this means is it has 3 ports. One of the ports is being used for constant irrigation. The color of output now is pink and Sharon said it may take a couple of days before it's completely cleared. But, I'll take that. At least they didn't find any other problems. His stomach is already much softer. Now we just have to keep his hands away from it!

He'll probably sleep for awhile longer. I don't know how long I will stay, probably not overnight unless something happens in the next few hours.

So, there you have it. Hopefully this will help with all of the infections popping up.