Pray for miracle that the hole heals in the next 3 days.

The doctors believe there is a hole on the lymph, which most likely got nick during the surgery.

Today Tuesday, they plan to insert a chest tube to discharge the fluid from the inside and to give the inner lining a chance to heal.

Heidi is on NPO - which mean no food and no drink for the next three days and hopefully the lymph will heal itself. The goal is hopefully the hole in the lymph will patch itself. She can only drink when she is taking medicine.

If it does not heal itself in 3 days, then Dr. Kukreja will perform another full open surgery, search for the hole then patch it. That is, if she can find the hole. The problem is, it is very difficult to see the pipeline of lymph because they are almost invisible to see.

Dr. Kukreja believes she can find the hole with 50% certainly. She said in Boston, there is this procedure where they inject dye through the foot so the doctors get a better chance of finidng the hole on the lymph. The procedure is very painful and she does not think it is practice at UCSF.

Please pray for miracle that the hole heal itself in the next three days.
-Aquino Family