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Surgery

We woke up early Monday morning at 6 am to drive to Putrajaya Hospital for Tony's surgery. He needed a lump removed from his back- it is a benign growth but was getting bigger and the doctor thought best to remove it while we are here in Malaysia. The surgery took about one hour, he chose not to go under, so they did it with local anesthetic. The surgery went well and we were home by midday. However, his gauze was soaked in blood by the evening, so we called the doctor and he told us to have the dressing re-done. We were up again the next morning (the hospital is about a one hour drive), the doctor cleaned his wound again and redressed the wound but this time with a lot more gauze, so Tony has a hump now on his back....like a camel...well, not really! I would have to convince him to let me take a picture so you all can see!

All is well with him, we have to return Friday to the doctor, and I think that would be the final visit. The Lord is good and faithful to put all these together for us, meeting the nice doctor in one of the services we preached in, having it all arranged so quickly despite the fact that it is a public Hospital and the quene for Tony's procedure would be long one, as a minor surgery, and since it is a public hospital it only cost us a GRAND TOTAL of RM23 or USD 7.00 only!! Isn't health care in Malaysia wonderful!! The doctor told us that just the medication he prescribed to Tony is already a lot more than that!

God is good!

Comments

Yapster said…
Have been praying for you, Tony. Praise the Lord for His hand upon you and your family and for the surgical procedure.
July 18, 2008 at 2:02 AM
Christine Phang said…
Thanks Raymond. Tony is doing really well - he hasn't complain of any pain at all even from day one and has been driving, eating, playing,goofing around with the girls and preaching as normal. PTL!
July 20, 2008 at 6:37 AM
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