There's no turning back now

Well, tonight's the night and tomorrow's the day. Marci's running around the house packing for a week; she'll be staying with Riley at the hospital as he recuperates. It's 10:30 now and we have a 6:15 appointment in the morning. Ugh.

We met with Dr. E today, after a quick little CT scan to see about the thickness of Riley's skull. Unbeknownst to us, they needed to see how thick his skull was so the doctors could insert pins to hold him in place. After all, like I always say, a few little screw holes in your skull is better than an accidental lobotomy. Good news. His skull is nice and thick (Marci's side of the family), so the pins/screws should be no problem.

Later, after a delicious cafeteria lunch of a chili dog, corn dog, Doritos and ice water, we met with Dr. E. Don't know what's going on with the hospital; you'd think they were giving away free Tickle Me Elmos or something. That place was hopping.

Anyway, at the meeting with Dr. E, we had agreed to let the hospital (or, "hosibol" as Haley and Riley say) film us for the Chiari Syringomyelia Foundation and for study.

Say, I wonder if that was why he was in a suit and tie today....

So the meeting went well; he basically went over the basics again and explained what he was going to do. Riley was a nutjob. He's addicted to my and Marci's BlackBerrys. All he wants to do is play BrickBreaker!

The guys filmed us and we did our best not to be divas for the cameras. Evidently, they'll be filming the surgery tomorrow too, so for the stout of stomach, maybe I'll put up some videos? Or, maybe not.

Keep checking back for updates. I'll try to do them as time permits. I don't think I'll have computer access at the hospital, but I'll use my big brain to remember stuff to write.

Thanks to our friends, old and new, and family for all the support. It's freaky to think about, but we're bettering this dude's life and that's what's important.