Long Day in ICU

This is still his sister posting here-- Kary endured an endoscope early this morning, followed quickly by a CT scan as the doctors really wanted to find out why he was bleeding. It was all pretty inconclusive, but did rule out some places. His pancreas is pushing up against his stomach and small intenstine so much that there was not as much room as they had hoped to be able to see too far down. Kary did receive 4 pints of blood yesterday and so once his meds from the scope wore off he was feeling some better. He has brought some serious optimism to his doctors and I don't think they can believe how positive their patient is in light of all his body doing. His ascites is making life pretty miserable, but he just takes it in stride and does what has to be done. Today his pastor came by and I heard Kary telling him, " How lucky am I to be able to go through this so that I can know God this intimately..." Kary was once again encouraging those in the room. He also said that the times when the pain is the most intense, God is the most present. He enjoyed having guests today and having time to spend with those close to him. Tomorrow it will be easier if visitors want to come by for a visit in the regular part of the hospital.