Friday, December 29, 2006

26-62

It was a long operation for a 62 years old man. 26 hours marathon. But it felt longer to those outside the operation room and at home waiting. The operation started at 8 am and after 26 exhausting hours, papa was sent to ICU.

Ihsan's father was diagnosed with mouth/skin cancer or scientifically called squamous cell carcinoma about 8 months ago. It started out as simple pain that won't go away after he went to see a dentist and have one of his teeth pulled out. After thorough checkup, doctor said that there was presence of tumors in the mouth areas. He had already undergone one operation but recently the cancer had spread out to the other section of the mouth. And thus the 26 hours operation .. which have us flying back to Malaysia.

Alhamdulillah.. the operation was a success with the following procedures:

1. Removal of cancerous skin around the mouth
2. Removal of the iron placed in the chin (in the first operation few months back)
3. Bone taken from fibula - leg bone to reconstruct the chin
4. Flab taken from thigh to cover the mouth area

Quite an ordeal for an old man. May Allah give papa strength to bear the pain and speedy recovery and in good health for many more years to come.

These are some pictures taken during his stay in the ICU and some during his recovery process.Not for the faint hearted.


Dalam ICU, hari ke dua , papa still tak sedar lagi.


Day 5, setelah pembalut muka dibuang. The cancerous skin around the mouth was removed and replaced with the skin from the thigh (the lighter shade portion)


With pen and note book. Tools to communicate as papa tak boleh cakap lagi. Alhamdulillah...Papa is now getting better. Please pray for his speedy recovery, thanks.


7 comments:

duchess said...
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Norliana Abdul Rahman said...

praying for your papa's speedy recovery.. amin..

Unknown said...

semoga cepat sembuh
amin

Amy said...

Moga cepat sembu..told my dad about your father in law coz my dad kenal masa sama2 keje kat Penang dulu.:)

Anonymous said...

ihsan&ayu,

we pray for your father's speedy recovery. God bless, insyaAllah...

munzir&iffah

Ayu said...

thanks all.. insyaAllah.. harap cepat sembuh ...

Anonymous said...

Hi Ayu,

Still remember me? Not sure when was the last time we met..tp rasanye masa tu ur son belum ade lg. Ijan pun now dah kawin n myself pun dah ade baby.

Sorry to hear about ur father in law. How is he doing now? A'way, kalau free check out my daughter's blog at babyarissa.blogspot.com

Regards to Ihsan ya..