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It means Mylin may not have severe autoimmune issues, it also means that Mylin may not have to take one extra medication called hydroxyurea because their platelet count will be more controlled. As I said earlier, it also means one less drain tube and possibly an easier recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Nathan did say that when they took the pancreas out there was a lot of scar tissue in the surrounding area. He said the pancreas had barely any tissue left at all it was so severely scarred and atrophied. He described it as a halo of scar tissue completely surrounding the pancreas. This may be tricky with stomach pain and nausea. However, we keep saying things could end up even better than we hoped for so that\u2019s what we\u2019re pulling for! They weren\u2019t able to do a plexus block because there was too much scar tissue to wade through to get to where it would need to be applied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are currently trying to wake Mylin up so that they can take out the breathing tube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest Takeaway is that surgery was successful and we got to keep the spleen!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now we wait for them to get up in the PICU so that we can visit them there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Total hours about 16.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mylinsangrypancreas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img_6531.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-146\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mylin\u2019s finishing up sometime with the anesthesia team and then will be sent over to the PICU. We just left our meeting with Dr. Nathan. He said everything went just as well as you could hope for. 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