During the following two and a half years, Saúl was in and out of the hospital as he struggled to cope with the cancer and the chemotherapy the doctors used in their effort to fight it.
Järgneva kahe ja poole aasta jooksul pidi vähist ja selle vastu rakendatud kemoteraapiast jagusaamise nimel võitlev Saúl alatasa haiglas viibima.