Surgery Day

It is finally surgery day.  Julia has held up very well under the stress of thinking about someone poking around inside her brain.  We stayed with MB and Sam last night, and we all slept reasonably well.  We made it to the hospital right on time, and they starting moving us along right away.  We had a host of medical people come to the pre-op room to check on us answer and any questions we might have.  The surgeon came by, to let us know the background to this procedure.  He, the neurologist and a fellow neuro-surgeon at UAB have been planning this procedure for some time.  All three will be in the operating room.  There will also be represenatives of the electrode company and some other medical equipment company to make sure their stuff is working properly.  Since this is Children's first time doing the SEEG, there is a high degree of interest, so there will be a few other doctors observing.  The surgeon said we should plan on this taking all day, because he intends to be very deliberate and careful.  It might not take that long, but it will not be short, in any case.  They are planning on putting in 13 electrodes, and they will only be cutting Julia's hair on the front right side, so maybe she can do a comb-over and hide it.  About a half hour before showtime, they gave Julia something to drink to help her relax.  In about 15 minutes, it started taking effect, and she was getting real "happy".  Now we are just waiting . . .