G'day.
A regular contributer to the
forum, Bob Y from Qld, has been quiet for a short while.
In case anyone has been wondering what he’s up to, his family has given me permission to post an update on what's been happening.
The following is from his family yesterday, Sunday:
We have decided, on behalf of Dad (Bob to most of you), that it’s time to update his extended family & friends on what he’s been going through these last few weeks.
Dad underwent a liver resection in
Townsville on 25th November (this entailed 70% of his liver being removed, along with the gall bladder & bile duct being recreated & connected to the bowel).
The surgery went as hoped, and Dad was discharged a week later (staying in
Townsville).
Unfortunately, he returned to hospital a week after his discharge as the bile duct had not healed as hoped & bile was leaking into his body. This in turn became infected & turned to sepsis.
His surgeon operated again on 11th December to clean the infection out & insert more drains. As you can imagine, the recovery from sepsis is a slow recovery, whilst we wait for the bile duct to heal.
Each day is a new day, and we are, along with the doctors & nurses, taking each day at a time.
Dad isn’t able to take phone calls or respond to messages at the moment, so please hold contact for now. Feel free to comment here and we can pass
well wishes onto him when we can ??
Linda, Kate, Cassie & Temira
If anyone wants to send a message to Bob I'll pass it on to his family.
Steve