Surgery today!

The neurosurgeon stopped by my room late last night and told me that they have now decided to schedule surgery today for 2:00!  What a rollercoaster ride!  We were expecting it sometime the beginning of next week, but I am very happy to be moving forward.  The doctors are very concerned about putting the tubing back into my abdomen because this is the third episode I have had with my abdomen causing problems with the shunt.  However, the next option is draining it into the jugular vein directly then into my heart which means that if I develop an infection it will be spread through my body very quickly.  They really don't like that, so we are going to try the abdomen once again. 

I am hoping this is a good decision, but they are just replacing the tubing from the anti-siphoning device by my collarbone and down.  Normally all the tubing is replaced but they decided since infection was not found that it would be safe to do this.  I am a little nervous, but it will be an easier surgery than replacing it from my head down and it will save my hair--although that is about the bottom of my priority list at this point!  :)

They predict that I will be released on Tuesday because they would like to do three days of anti-biotics following surgery.

Please pray that the surgery is successful, that my abdomen stays clear long term of infection, that there is no danger in replacing the tubing just from my neck and down and that I can just stay healthy for a longer while!  :)  Thanks!