To make a long story short, we saw a neurosurgeon today and he is concerned about Tim's incision....which is infected. Tim has been scheduled for surgery on Friday (Halloween) at 11:45am. Dr Jensen is hoping it is just a "superficial" infection (as he called it), and just under the wound and above the skull. Once they find out how deep the infection is, we'll know how much time the recovery will be. If it's just a superficial infection, they will clean it up, stitch him up, and put him on antibiotics. He would then finish up his radiation, which is only 7 more treatments after Friday.
IF the infection has spread to the bone, then the procedure and recovery will be a bit more complicated. Tim is very disappointed...to say the least...mainly because he has to stay in the hospital again!!! The doctor expects the stay to be 2-3 days if the infection is just below the wound. We're hoping this is just a small bump on the road to recovery.
