well, dad had a PICC line put in. this should alleviate some of his iv problems.

without the blood pressure medicine my dad was at 86, 4 points away from where he needs to be to leave the icu. they put him back on the medicine for now.

the recent tests with barium show that there is a blockage in the small intestine. however, doctors fear that this is a functional blockage. this means his bowels arent functioning anymore. between the chemo, radiation, diabetes, and narcotics, his nerves in that area might be damaged beyond repair. where this puts us we wont know until monday when we can talk to more doctors.

update 1:
dad has been having problems with nausea and vomitting. the gi doctor thinks that its caused by leftover barium in his stomach. since it is thick and chalky, it is not getting sucked up in his current (small) stomach tube. they plan on sedating him tomorrow, and placing a larger tube down his stomach to remove the leftover barium. they are also considering putting in a drain for his stomach so that he does not have to have the tube down his throat. i'll post more when i know it later.

update 2:
i'm pretty sure the problem he has right now is called adynamic ileus. tomorrow, the will do another scope to get a better idea of what is going on.