Today I ran into Montaser on his way to a chest X-ray at Sheba Hospital, and I got the news that he wouldn’t be discharged today, which he was certainly disappointed about. However, he still is in high spirits, and happily accepted a treat I gave him.
I later spoke to his doctor, and found out that in the meeting regarding Montaser that morning, they decided surgery would be necessary, but when he will have it is still undecided. Because his oxygen saturation is still low the doctors want to operate quickly, so we will likely not see him discharged before his next surgery. I got to hang out with Montaser after this talk, getting to see him play with his dad and exchanging conversation in our limited Arabic and English.
Right now, we will need to simply wait for word from the doctor, on when he will have an intervention, and what it is.