Update #176

First part of the surgery is complete. They found the source of the fistula where they expected it to be - in between his colon and his small intestine, the site of a previous repair at the very beginning - and reclosed it. They also discovered another small hole that seems to be coming from his liver (his liver is under his rib cage because of the diaphragm being reattached, so they can't see it clearly), a hole that has been draining a small amount as well. Dr. Muskat cauterized the hole and said it should close on its own but has minimally invasive ideas for how to fix it later if it continues to drain.

Dr. Kitzmiller is working on reconstruction now...more when we hear...