Surgery Complete

The doctor says Karen's surgery went well. They found the source of the leak. It turned out to be her colon after all. It was in a section where they had removed a large tumor, and with the chemo from the HIPEC, it was unable to heal completely and had reopened. Her body was doing an amazing job keeping it in check, but the doctor said leaving it to see if it healed on it's own was added risk - and pain - Karen didn't need. They performed a colostomy an ileostomy, and she will need to have the stoma for 3 months. After which, they can reattach all the plumbing and things should work as they originally did.