Local Daughter contacted us this afternoon to say Austin was on his way back to the hospital. He was doing well on Christmas Day, but was running a fever yesterday, and when they took him to the doctor this morning he had lost weight again.
The doctors are talking about inserting “a tube”. Not sure if they mean a via his nose, something into his stomach, or a stent between his stomach and his intestine.
I feel so sorry for all of them – Austin, his mum and dad…this is just so disheartening.
We are very, very fortunate that the military allowed our grandson to come home, and that he has not yet had to return to his regular occupation.
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Oh dear…how’s he doing??