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Stoma Maintenance 15 May 2012 | 09:37 pm
One good thing about giving Stephen a stoma was that we no longer had to constantly worry about the wounds on his bum. We were practically peeking at his backside every fifteen minutes or so before hi...
Depression 9 May 2012 | 04:36 pm
The most recent hospital stay was the most psychologically challenging for Stephen. Aside from feeling the usual post-surgery pain near his anus, he also had to contend with pain coming from his abdom...
Fourth Infection (Fifth Episode) 3 May 2012 | 09:40 pm
With the colostomy at the back of our minds, we spared no effort to take care of Stephen's wounds after he was discharged from his February 2012 hospital stay. We wanted to avoid a colostomy if possib...
A Difficult Decision 27 Apr 2012 | 06:03 pm
Although the injections would lower the risk of a serious infection in Stephen's body, we cannot be certain that his perianal infections would not come back. This was due to one simple reason, Stephen...
Desperation And A New Drug 26 Apr 2012 | 06:23 pm
It was beginning to look like there was not going to be an end to the perianal fistula problem that has plagued Stephen since late August 2011. Besides having to bear with the multiple surgeries, woun...
Fourth Infection (Fourth Episode) 24 Apr 2012 | 09:56 pm
Stephen's January 2012 hospital stay was a huge disappointment for us. It was the second time that his transplant got postponed by an infection within a year (the previous postponement was in February...
Fourth Infection (Third Episode) 20 Apr 2012 | 01:04 am
Stephen's wounds had more or less healed by December 2011 and we were starting to discuss Stephen's transplant again with his doctors. It wasn't long before we were given a slot to begin his transplan...
Wound Packing 11 Apr 2012 | 04:29 pm
The presence of large wounds right next to his anus meant that Stephen was very vulnerable to further infection. Any bacteria that is present in his stool can easily get into the two open wounds and c...
Fourth Infection (Second Episode) 13 Mar 2012 | 07:12 pm
One painful fact about perianal fistulas is that it is not always possible to find all the fistulas tracts at one go because the tracts can get infected at different rates and not all of them are visi...
More Drugs 13 Mar 2012 | 06:01 pm
After Stephen got discharged from the hospital, we continued to flush his wounds at home. It was a little tricky at first, but we soon got the hang of it. The procedure was just as painful as it was i...
