Larry's Before and After

Super sad, pale Larry before surgery:

Larry feeling better and getting some color after surgery!

It's been quite a battle with the nemesis called Crohn's Disease. Poor Larry has been so sick for a long time. He finally had his surgery on Nov 29th at St. Marks hospital. It's nice living so close to the hospital because it made it easy to visit and go back and forth. The surgery was originally postponed to see if one more treatment would help over two months...well it didn't really. Then it was postponed for an additional week due to a sudden cancellation. (His doctor was sorta banned from the hospital for his attitude problem. We like him though!)

Well, as I said, last Monday he finally had the 3 hour long surgery done by a different surgeon, Dr. Cavin. He was really helpful with the whole process. Larry had about a foot of both the large and small intestine removed as well as his "faulty gallbladder." He also had an ileostomy done which pretty much means a little part of his intestine is sticking out of his stomach and he has a bag on him. I know, isn't it lovely?! This way his intestines can heal and he can continue treatment to try and keep his disease under control.

Unfortunately the ostomy didn't turn out how it's supposed to, but it still functions right. Since he's been on prednisone (another nemesis of Larry's) the tissue was really damaged and tore so easily it made the tissue difficult to work with) We're hoping the ostomy dealio is temporary and they can hook him up later.

After the surgery I was surprised to see that he actually had color in his face. He looked pretty good (and handsome as usual). The pain was pretty bad at first but got better.  He was discharged from the hospital on Thursday Dec 2nd. He's been doing okay but seems to hurt more now :(

I really am proud of Larry for being so patient and strong through everything. I don't know how he does it. But through it all he's taken good care of me. I love him so much :) We've really appreciated the prayers, meals, and support of friends and family. It has meant a lot and uplifted us. Thank you so much!