Suck it out with a straw

So I mentioned in the last couple of posts that the liver continues to be an issue, and that most doctors seem to think that the liver may be the key to dad's continued decline. Tonight they called me to consent to a procedure to essentially drain dad's gall bladder. Apparently the gall bladder and the liver are all part of the bile system. They think its possible that dad's liver is being blocked an infection in the gall bladder. By draining the infection they hope that the liver can improve. They think it is possible that it will get worse before it gets better, but hopefully it will get better. If the liver improves we may hope that a number of other things will as well. We watch, we wait, we hope, we see.