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Bula Vinaka To Our Tavarua Family,
We wanted to let you know about the condition of Tavarua's
oldest staff member and Chief, Druku. As you may have heard, or seen,
Druku was not feeling well last month and developed severe jaundice as
of late. After several local tests failed to determine the problem, we
felt that due to his deteriorating condition we would send him back to
the States to undergo further, more advanced testing to see what the
cause was. Thanks to Dr. Roseman, Dr. Coyle and Dr. Schaeffer - they
found a malignant mass in his bile duct near his liver and pancreas,
together with severe infection. They immediately were able to
alleviate the blockage through a stint procedure, which helped
considerably with the jaundice and other related symptoms; however
further surgery was required to find the root cause.
Several days ago, Druku underwent 8 hours of extensive surgery
at Scripps Clinic to remove his bile duct, gall bladder, several lymph
nodes and numerous other suspect areas. The prognosis is positive;
however we are looking at a lengthy recovery and perhaps chemotherapy
and radiation therapy. Additional biopsy reports are still
forthcoming. Druku is currently stable and will be hospitalized for
several days.
The surgeons and doctors have donated their time, however the
costs for the hospital stay and treatments will need to be covered as
Druku does not have insurance. We are reaching out to all of our
Tavarua Family today to ask for your help, as the costs are projected
to be very high and may exceed our capability, and unfortunately his
journey in dealing with this is far from over. We are committed to
doing all we can to ensure that he is healthy again and able to return
here to Fiji, Tavarua and his friends and family.
We will be posting some information and lots of photos on our
social media - in hopes that many of our guests will take a moment and
write a note of encouragement to Druku.
We can answer any further questions that you might have at
(805) 686-4551 or in Fiji (679) 670-6513.
Please help us in whatever way you feel most comfortable. You
can send us a check made out to:
Tavarua Island Tours,
Inc.
PO Box 60159
Santa Barbara, CA 93160
Please memo the check "Friends of Druku"
Or you can send via Paypal - direct your payment to rokotui@aol.com
Memo Detail - Friends of Tavarua
We can't thank you enough - for your help, kindness and for
being a part of the Tavarua Family.
Vinaka Vaka Levu,
The Tavarua Island Staff and Management
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