[Magdalen] Keith update - please pray

[Grace Cangialosi]

Just realized that your temp must be in Celsius, Sally! It might get "up" to 40F here today, and we're just hoping it will help melt the rest of the snow!!

I'm sorry you and Keith are having to endure another delay, Sally. I think the waiting and the not-knowing are the hardest aspects of medical stuff.

> On Mar 3, 2015, at 6:56 AM, sally.davies at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Just spoke to Keith who is simmering with 40 degree heat in Cape Town.
> 
> He saw the academic specialist this morning and it's not good news, though
> not necessarily bad either (yet). The Prof wants another Biopsy and this
> time he's to be admitted onto the ward for 24 hours, and will have an
> anaesthetic. At least this means he won't have to endure a "live" stabbing
> of his liver and they'll be able to keep that liver nice and still to make
> sure of hitting the centre of the target.
> 
> He can't fly the same day so will stay overnight and leave on Thursday
> morning.
> 
> It's hard knowing he's in hospital far away...we were just hoping that the
> expert would say "nonsense these aren't anything" but realistically that
> wasn't likely to happen. The doctors here aren't as skilled or well
> equipped, but they aren't twits either, and without a successful biopsy we
> just can't know what these tumours are. And we do have to know, for better
> or worse...
> 
> Please continue to pray for him, he's very frustrated and the heat doesn't
> help!!
> 
> Sally D