Hello @suelannon
My first question after reading your post would be is your husband going to a pancreatic center of excellence? If you list your city and state, other members will be able to recommend medical centers and sometimes even drs you might want to get a 2nd opinion from. If husband is too weak to attend in person, a video call might be a possibility.
I had distal with spleen removed in 2022 and had a drain which I’m going to go out on a limb and say that a drain from abdominal area seems pretty standard procedure after surgery. I had a pancreatic duct leak after surgery which led to a GI bleed since those are acidic (digestive) juices. I was bleeding quite a bit into my drainage bag so I got a stent put in after not eating for 3-4 weeks (I did have a TPN nutrient bag). Not giving your body any foods to digest helps to stop the leak until a stent can be put in. After 6 weeks I had an ultrasound ERCP done to assess leaking and I was all good, so the stent was removed. If the leaking hadn’t stopped then a metal stent would have replaced that initial plastic stent. I also got pneumonia after my surgery since I wasn’t able to walk around much after my surgery; not fun. I also got pancreatitis and then Covid (all this with 1.5 months after my surgery). I did lose 50 pounds from time I got started getting my symptoms since I had extreme nausea and some of that weight was lost after surgery and while on the no food diet before stent insertion. I gained almost all weight back now! Did any drs run a CA19-9 blood test otherwise known as a “tumor marker?