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dear readers and friends,

thank you for your good wishes and prayers for my buddy...it moved me to know you cared to ask and pray even though you have never met him in this lifetime. i will be flying down this friday to visit him and will carry your good thoughts for his quick recovery...it won't be easy considering that chemotherapy comes next...

the following is an update sent to me via email...

to all...my sincere thanks once again...

ed

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Hi everyone

I've drafted a roster to help us all work out when it would be useful to visit Julian. I'll send it as an attachment to this email, and you can flick it back to me with your own ideas about when you might be able to make it to Cow Town.

I'm finding it frustrating being so far away from him, knowing nothing more about his condition that I and others can elicit from hard-worked nursing staff.

I've just finished another call. The fact that he was sent back quickly to the surgical ward (Ward 2) bodes well, and I've been told several times that the pain management is working on the whole and that he's having fairly good nights. An epidural isn't being used for pain relief, which is also good news. His throat was knocked about by the tubes, but I'm told that it's improved enough now to allow him to speak, albeit slowly. It's hard to imagine Julian speechless!!

There's no sign of infection of the incision, which is further good news. He's being blitzed with antibiotics, of course, and apparently the risk of infection may remain for a while after he's withdrawn from the antibiotics.

Today I asked specifically about whether or not he's in good spirits. I was given a vague reply: 'It's hard to say.' My own reading of that comment is that he may be feeling down.

I just got a txt from him: 'Trying to feed directly to stomach at mo ... Exhausted but ok.'
Stuart plans to be there tomorrow, and then Eddie arrives, so at least two old and trusted friends will be able to be with him and keeping a close eye.

Stevan

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