Thursday, February 5, 2004 1:16 PM CST

Aidan is going home today! He knows it and keeps saying, "Get in stroller!" Though he can't talk well, he hears fine and was obviously listening in on our conversations with the doctor!

The procedure to revise his scalp incision yesterday went well. He did go to the operating room, but he didn't have to be intubated or go under total anesthesia. He has a big coban turban around his head today which they are going to need to rewind since it is pushing on his forehead and making it hard for him to keep his eyes open.

The surgeon said that the leak resulted from his wound not healing well. He thinks that is probably because of his immunesuppression and because he is generally not in the greatest of health because of his chronic illness during the past year and a half.

His actual surgery to make him shunt-free, they still consider to have been completely successful. It has been over a week now and he is not having any signs of increased intra-cranial pressure.

He has to come back to clinic in SF on Monday so they can make sure his wound is healing, but bringing him back is a small price to pay for getting to bring him home now.

More later, perhaps coming close to the end of this epic, or I should say, prolonged chapter to the ongoing epic of Aidan's life??