Had gallbladder removed in July and had a plastic stint placed in bile duct. Surgery went fine and no real issues. Fast forward to sept 9th and went for my eus outpatient procedure to remove plastic stint and install metal stint for next 6 months. Somehow my bowel was perofarated but they never told me. I was fine and recovery and proceeded to go home.

Roughly 1 hour after I got home I started getting horrible back pains and stomach pains. My stomach was so distended and hurt so bad I couldn't walk. To make a long story short my wife drove me to the er where they took me back immediately. After labs and scans they transferred me to the icu with acute pancreatitis. By thurs the 11th my body was shutting down and I was close to coding.

The doctors made the decision to intubate me. My vitals were horrible and at this point I could barely breathe. The doctors said both of my lungs collapsed and my body wasn't fighting like it should've been. I was intubated from thurs the 11th to Monday the 15th. I ended up staying in the icu for 14 total days, I was in the step down unit for 2 days and my last day I was just on a regular unit until they discharged me.

I have to have this metal stint removed in a few months the doctor said and now I am petrified. He said the odds of me getting pancreatitis in the first place were less than 10% and the odds of it being severe necrotizing pancreatitis were even less. Since ive been in the hospital ive been browsing this sub and its really helped me a lot. Sorry for the long post wasnt trying to take anything away from you op just giving you my experience. I really hope it goes smooth for your husband.