Another Surgery :(

Carson will have another surgery tomorrow morning. We went in for a neurological follow up and Dr. Reisner thought he should go ahead and put a shunt in. This will be the permanent one that hopefully will never need to be messed with again. I wasn't really prepared for him to tell us he needed surgery, I thought it would be just a routine follow up. I guess in the back of my mind I always knew that the shunt was likely but you always like to think you are the exception. The doctor made sure to tell us that this is in no way a failure or handicap, it is only going to help him even more. He told us he knows several very successful people, including a football player, who are living normal lives with the shunt. In fact one of our neighbors has one and he lives a totally normal life (and he went to Auburn, he must be a genius!).

It is a bit scary for us though. The last time we were at Scottish Rite wasn't fun at all and I once again have to watch as they wheel my baby away and I have to sit a wait until I hear everything is OK, which I know it will be, but as a parent you don't ever want to have to go through it. Let's just pray that this is the last time. Think all positive thoughts tomorrow and send a few prayers up for us tonight. I'll let everyone know how things go.