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Colin has finished the methotrexate infusion that kicked off the second round of chemo.
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Colin’s surgery on Monday went swimmingly, a marvel of coordination between the general surgery and neurosurgery teams.
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Life in the hospital always has an underlying tension, as the situation can change dramatically over the course of days or moments.
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Colin finally found a way to get private digs at the hospital, but the unfortunate price is the contraction of a highly contagious infection.
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Today, Colin was even more alert and had a busy social calendar.
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Today, Colin was definitely less sleepy although still quite congested and having a hard time keeping his oxygen saturation high enough.
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On Monday, Colin had surgery to install a G-tube (a second bionic belly button next to the organic original) and perform a fundoplication, which serves to prevent reflux.
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On Wednesday, Colin was scheduled to repeat the swallow study, though it was widely thought that he would likely fail.
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Help Colin, Support St. Jude Colin has received the bulk of his care at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which performs invaluable research on childhood cancers and other lifethreatening illnesses and provides its services absolutely free of charge to all patients. We ask that you consider St. Jude for your charitable giving to help reduce suffering and improve the lives of children across the world.
Many of Colin's supporters have donated to St. Jude through Mom's St. Jude Heroes fundraising site (an artifact of the marathon in December), www.mystjudeheroes.org/colin.
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