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Just got a call from Greg's dad Jim. The surgery apparently went very well.
It turns out that a hernia was the cause of the blockage - not scar tissue from the original colon surgery as was previously thought.
Dr. Beecherl repaired some (possibly all, your correspondent is not certain) of the hernia, eliminating the cause of the blockage. Also, he found a lot of scar tissue from the original surgery, which could otherwise pose a threat of future blockage, and removed it.
All that messing around in Greg's innards causes a lot of pain in the recovery, and the recovery is further slowed by the fact that Greg finished a round of Avastin just four weeks ago.
Dr. Shapiro was very complimentary of Dr. Beecherl's work.
Greg will be in the hospital for 5-7 days depending on how much the Avastin has impacted his body's ability to heal.
Posted by Mark at June 17, 2008 01:18 PM | Comments (16)