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Sunday, August 16, 2009

The ct-scan paul did two days ago showed there's a hole in the small intestine caused by the tumour piercing thru it and the fluid from the small intestine had flowed out thru the hole and caused the swell and collection and that's the reason why the tummy is so big. After some discussions among the oncologist, surgeon and the radiologist, they decided on using a safer and less pain method to drain out the fluid instead of proceed with surgery. During the procedure, radiologist managed to remove lots of pus under the skin and he said the area was badly infected. He placed a tube inside the hole and drain out the fluid. After the procedure he told us it may not work as the pus and fluid are very thick and the hole is bigger than the tube thus there may be fluid flowing from the space. He also mentioned that the other parts of the small intestines don't look good too and he is concerned that tumour may cause holes in other parts of the small intestines in future. Doctors decided that paul will not be having anything inside the small intestines from then on.

Yesterday morning, paul had severe pain and despite regular purging of morphine, the pain didn't subside. all the 3 doctors came to check on the abdomen and it actually didn't get better and it looked as though the fluid was going to force thru any moment. Surgery was arranged at 12pm to cut a hole to remove the pus and the fluid.

I waited for almost 2 hours outside the operating theatre and finally the surgeon came out to tell me everything's ok but the pus is very hard. He tried to remove whatever he could and had placed a bag outside the hole to drain the fluid. Though there were some pain but overall paul felt much better than before the surgery. Praise God.

Though it was another hurdle for paul but we just want to continue to stay strong and focus. God's grace and mercy is with paul and we truly hope things will be better from now on.

I have attached some photos here as requested by some friends.