So Rubin has been in and out of the hospital about a million times since November, and he is currently there now. They did a colonoscopy this morning to try and find the problem. They found the problem, but unfortunately the solution to that problem is another surgery. Apparently, his problems over the past few months have been related to a stricture (narrowing of the intestine) at the connection site from his last surgery and not the Crohn's. They think this was caused by scar tissue - not that the last surgeon did anything wrong, it is just unfortunately a possible side effect of the surgery. They are going in tomorrow to remove that section and re-create the connection. The hope is that since he is not having an active flare-up or inflammation right now, the chances of this happening again are lower b/c his body will hopefully respond better and heal correctly. I guess only time will tell.
The surgery will be tomorrow afternoon, and will require another week in the hospital and 4-6 week recovery time. He had a REALLY rough time after the last surgery, so please pray that he does better this time. This should fix the problem, but we just hope and pray that no new problems develop anytime in the near future. Our family needs a break.
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