Out Of Surgery

Hi everyone. Praise God that Gary is out of surgery and in recovery.
He will stay in the ICU until Monday and he will be heavily sedated.

This is exactly what has happened during the surgery:
1. The hole was not in the large intestine (colon) but it was in the small intestine right above the bowel obstruction. They cut out the damaged bowel/hole and fixed it.
2. The neobladder had a hole in it. They were able to fix that as well.
3. The appendix was swollen and looked like it would be the next thing to cause issues so they removed it.
4. They took a look at his liver and they are anxious to move forward with the gastroenterologist to get the billiary drain out and the stint in so that he can function without a drain. Then we can chemoembolize his liver and move forward with that as well.

So, we are very pleased that the docs are so pleased. The surgeons came in with smiles and that was a great sign!
Hopefully Gary will be on the road to recovery and his pain will be dimished significantly.
In the meantime, he has from what I understand about 12 tubes coming out of his abdomen. They did not close him up and he will remain open until he closes up naturally - about 6 weeks from what I understand.

I have not seen him yet because they will not allow me to go into recovery. It won't make much difference anyhow because they are keeping him knocked out until Monday!

Thank you for all of your prayers. This seems like a positive step in the right direction. He needs healing now so that we can move forward with treatment. Please continue to pray for healing and remember to thank God for this victory today! Gary will be so happy to wake up with news that is not worse than when he went in.

We owe our lives to Him!

Love,
L