Head Surgery Day

Well, today is the day...Hazel is getting a tube shunt in her head this morning. For previous surgeries, people have asked for specific times or things to pray for so I wanted to make a quick list of FAQs:

1.  Surgery time is 11:00 am. Hazel cannot have anything to eat past midnight and can only have clear liquids until 7 am. Please pray for her parents from 7 am to 11 am :)

2.  The surgery will last 210 minutes, which is 3.5 hours.  (11 am to 2:30 pm)

3.  The tube will connect from her head to her stomach to drain fluid and will require two incisions...one in her head and another in her abdomen. 

4.  We will most likely be staying at the hospital for 3-4 nights (Friday, Saturday, Sunday and possibly Monday). The long stay is mainly for evaluation of her ability to bounce back from the surgery mentally and physically. 

5.  Please pray for Dr Swift who is performing the surgery and for the anesthesia group. This is far and away the longest time she has ever gone under. 

I will update the blog after the surgery is over!!  Thank you to everyone who has been rocking a Hazel braclet, keeping up with the blog and praying for her. After ten and a half months we still feel a huge sense of comfort that others are lifting up our family in prayer.