Steve Update

So today Steve was feeling remarkably better. He must have passed at least one gallstone – without pain medication for 14 hours! – and went in for an ultrasound and he has several more in his gallbladder. What is going to happen now is still up in the air, I suppose it’ll be surgery or they’ll use some technique to dissolve the stones.
His liver is still inflamed, unfortunately, and it isn’t consistent with a problem gallbladder so they are still monitoring him to see if they can isolate that problem. It might be some sort of virus or an indication of an entirely separate infection. Since his liver is being all pissy he’s also jaundiced, but only slightly. He’s yellow!! A Steve buttercup!
In the meantime he’s not allowed to eat solid foods so he’s on a liquid diet and it seems really unpleasant. For supper tonight he had chicken broth and green jello. ick.