Tuesday, January 13, 2004 4:34 PM CST

Aidan is in the operating room right now having the surgery I mentioned in the last update (see past journal entries). He went in at about 1 pm and the surgery will probably take about 4 hours. He was in a good mood this morning. Tonight he will probably be quite uncomfortable and I expect that his head will be wrapped up in bandages because he is having his old shunt removed at the same time as the ventriculostomy is made. They are also going to try to start a new IV while he is under since he has lost several during the past few days.

Now, back to the PICU waiting room to wait for updates from the neurosurgeon. I will update probably tomorrow when we know how the surgery went and if it succeeded in its intent.