It is almost 11 P.M. on Sunday night here in Tijuana as I start to write this. In about 12 hours from now Lennie will be going into surgery. He will be coming out with a colostomy bag. He will be coming out with hopefully a lot less pain in his rectum as the surgeon is going to try to de-bulk the tumor. They believe that it is too firmly attached into other tissues to remove it, but are planning on cutting off some of its blood supply from a few main arteries and veins.
Everyone wants Lennie to have the surgery now except me. Still hopeful, I believe that you can get rid of cancer with sheer will, determination and a strong protocol of alternative therapies. But Lennie is tired; he is weak. He is worn down from fighting this awful disease. And he is in constant pain. The doctor this afternoon said that he is hoping that the rectal pain will decrease by 80%, but that is just a guess at this point. They are also going to remove his hemorrhoids that have plagued him for so many months and so many past years. The colostomy bag will buy him time while we treat the tumor, so that it does not close off his rectum. The surgeon said that it even still may be possible in the future to reverse the colostomy. Only time will tell. For now my immediate concern is that he makes it through the surgery. So it is with genuine humility that I ask for your prayers for Lennie at 11 o’clock Monday morning.
Me learning to do the sonar treatment on Lennie. This is one of the machines that we take home with us.
Praying for Lennie,
Kathryn
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