Hello.
Jim started surgery at 9:40am yesterday and was done by 5:40pm. It was a nine hour surgery. Dr Sardi removed his gall bladder, spleen, and part of his colon near where the appendix was. He removed all tumors and mucus. He also took biopsies from Jim's liver and abdominal wall (we should have results back by early next week). So far things look good. No longer-term prognosis yet.
After surgery Jim was taken to ICU and by 10pm the breathing tube had been removed and Jim was breathing on his own. This morning they are just waiting for a bed to open upstairs, then he's out of ICU. Woohoo... Making fast progress...
However, while we were waiting for Jim to come out of surgery. His Aunt was taken to Emergency at St Agnes. We think something about her diabetes went haywire. Her blood sugars were elevated (almost to the point where she was ~1hr away from dying). So she was admitted and sent to ICU. So we had both Jim and his Aunt in ICU last night. She's having a lung scan this morning before we know any more...
I'm heading back to the hospital. Had to wash up and tidy they house incase Jim's Mom needs to stay over (Aunt and Mom are sisters).
Wil update later,
Jennifer
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