18th September

surgery scheduled for 17th october following an appointment with the surgeon.
it has always been on the cards but now he is in some discomfort at times increasing to severe pain, he has digestive issues mainly sickness causing upset and weight loss, there is the risk of trauma to the area resulting in haemorraging and infection, and they would like a definative diagnosis (still an outside chance it is a teratoma that could possibly become malignant at a later date).
briefly it is a complicated operation as they do not know how much bowel involvement there is and if any bowel will need to be removed. it will involve about a 5 day stay at GOSH (depending what course of action they take), and he quoted a 2-3% mortality rate on a similar type of operation, leaving us a bit unsettled. that said there is still the possibility they will be unable to remove it when they get a direct look as it will be too risky.
this week he is again eating well although he has had both diarrhea and constipation and a few sicky episodes in the last couple of days