After an extremely rough embolization procedure, Killian is now stable and in room 518 at "Babies" hospital (Columbia Presbyterian) in NYC. During the procedure, tumors in his mouth and behind his ear fell off. No one expected this. The medical term is "debulking," and refers to tumors that have been removed via chemo, radiation, surgery, or other. The doctors say that Killian "self debulked." They were coming to tell us they were unsuccessful with the embolization, when someone jogged out of the emergency room and said, "um, he, uh, it, uh, gosh, uh, self debulked."
They are unable to close either of these wounds. However, a team (including Integrative Therapies folks, a.k.a. "Killian's Peeps") is working to control the bleeding. His condition is fragile.
Post surgery, when he was in Intensive Care, he briefly came out of the sedative. He still had a breathing tube in, and wrote a couple of things. The last thing he wrote before they put him back to sleep was, "24, 24, hours ago... I wanna be sedated."
This is a tough juncture right now. Not sure when we'll leave hospital. Please, if you plan on visiting PHONE FIRST on account of we're not sure how he'll feel.
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We love you Killan and thinking about you hourly. Aziz sends lots of loves and hugs!
Babs anything we can do please don't hesitate to ask.
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