Monday August 6th, 2012

Here we are in sunny California!!!!  It is so beautiful here!  I wish is was for vacation.  :)
I am sure some of you are.....  "What??"
Yep!  California!

As Dan was looking up the Neurosurgeon in Hamilton on the internet and a screen advertisement popped up for the SBI (Skull Base Institute).
It was a sign!
We looked into it and what it all comes down to is  a better out come than if he were to have the operation done in Canada.  The surgery is endoscopic which means WAY less invasive, less down time for recovery.
Canada considers this procedure experimental, even though Dr.S has been doing this technique that he has developed for more than 16 year!!!!!!
This morning we met the Doctor for the first time.  He and his staff are great.  Of course the meeting was A LOT to take in but good none the less.  
After that we had an appointment at TOSH.(Thousand Oakes Surgical Hospital)
A very nice facility that we will be stay in for the next 3 days.
Here we met Lily and her mother, two kind Vietnamese ladies. She saw my mother in-law and she was drawn to her as she said.  She felt she was sent over by God to comfort her and she told us she was going to pray for Dan.  Lily's mother did not speak English (she had to be in her 90's)but cheered to God (arm pumped in the air with a big smile, basically saying everything was going to work out just fine.  It was very sweet. :)  # Everything happens for a reason.

So as Dr. S instructed we are going out tonight for a nice meal and a glass of wine.
Tomorrow is going to be a long and hard day.......................................