Nothing's easy

I think that we’ve all learned that nothing comes easy these days. This has not changed. Not only does Josh have some sort of a blockage, he also has fluid buildup in his abdomen. This is called ascites. The amount of fluid that was present required drainage through a large needle inserted into his abdomen. This produced 2.5 liters of fluid. As you can imagine, that is a lot of fluid, and Josh felt great relief after the drainage.

We still don’t know for certain why all of this fluid was building up. We also don’t know the exact nature of the blockage. There are a lot of “ifs” and “maybes,” but we are living in a world of unknowns. He should be starting chemo very soon (we are hoping possible tomorrow or the next day). From the information we know now, Josh will be in the hospital at least another week, we pray that it won’t be much longer than that.

Please pray that the blockage clears without any further action.

Also, Kevin (a friend I told you about back in February who had surgery with Dr. Sugarbaker) is headed back for a second surgery. This is common for Dr. S to perform an exploratory surgery following the BIG surgery, plus there have been some new developments and chemo will be involved in the surgery. Please pray for Kevin as he has surgery on Tuesday at 9am (EST) and for his recovery.