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She’s still in surgery and everything’s going well.

The nurse just called to tell me surgery has started.

They just wheeled her down. They’ll update me in about an hour or so. Every doc and their residents explained their part in the procedure and that this is a much more favorable route to get to the cyst. They seem confident that they’ll be able to open a pathway to allow drainage into the…

She’s admitted and “roll away” is scheduled for 7:30am. My mom and I are sitting with her now listening to the nut in the bed next to us. The surgery is expected to take about 4 hours.

We got here a few minutes ago. Admissions opens at 5:30am.

We just found out it’s called an “Endoscopic Endonasal Approach for Resection of Lesion”. Sounds fun, right?

The hospital just called…we have to be at the hospital this coming Monday at 5:30am for admission.

We met with the ENT surgeon who’ll be working with the neurosurgeon on Monday. This time around, the surgery is slightly less invasive and is expected to take about 4 hours. No time has been set yet.