Nov 19, 2007

Today is Adrian's big day!!! The duration of the surgery is estimated to finish in 4 hours and it was done in 4 hours & 25 mins. Mama waited outside the operation theater and finally got to see Adrian at around 15:00 when baby was transferred to ICU. Met with doctors in ICU as well as the surgeons who were involved in the surgery but all of them seemed to have a different understanding of the surgery in terms of what segment of the liver has been resected. We got the final say from Prof Fan late in the evening when he came over to see Adrian in ICU. Apparently, segment IV & V along with the gall bladder have been resected and that's where the tumors were located. There's also a "scar-like" substance lying on the surface of segment VIII was taken out. Other segments look ok by sight and hopefully Adrian is all clear from the bad cells. Adrian is bedridden and he's awake a lot of times even after the surgery. He lives on Morphine again for pain relief... It's his 3rd surgery in life and also the 3rd time in ICU, many nurses there actually recognized baby Adrian and they all told me that he's grown a lot. Let's hope THIS IS IT... let it be his last time in ICU...

Photos taken at pre-op


5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank you Jennifer for writing and letting us know Adrian's situation. A big sigh from all of us and as you said, this will be the last time for surgery and he will be a healty little kid from now on!!

Agent S'connie said...

We will be thinking of and praying for you guys...

If you feel comfortable, we are open to visit you, either at QMH or afterwards when Adrian is better and we can meet?

Connie and Philip

Ruthia's mama said...

It's good to hear that little Adrain's grown a lot and the surgery's been over.

Little Adrain is so strong because he has unbeatable mama and papa.

Anonymous said...

God Bless little Adrian!
So glad to hear that surgery went well. I whole-heartedly agree that Mama and Papa deserve a lot of praise for your strength too.
All the best to all of you! Adrian's a little fighter!
Candice Cabral

Anonymous said...

Hi Jen & Derek

Excellent news and our prayers were answered! Adrian has grown quite a bit and hopefully we will see you guys soon in TO :). We really appreciate the daily postings in this blog. Please take care of yourselves and keep the Faith.

The Gang from Allstream Salescomp