The second surgery is under way: Thursday, 2:00 EST

Here's a quick update to let you know that Deb's in surgery now to remove what we hope to be the last of the tumor. Dr. Yu told her family to expect it to take 3-4hrs.

Also, the preliminary results of the pathology have come back; the tumor is an Astrocytoma with an abscess (infection). We don't know the class of Astrocytoma yet. We're hoping for a class 1 or 2; a class 4 is the Glioblastoma, so we'd like to avoid that one if we can. Deb was a bit uncomfortable last night and they think that could be related to the infection, so they will be starting her on antibiotics as soon as she's out of surgery.

We hope to have an update mid to late evening EST tonight.

P.S. Radar (the Briard) was delivered safely to AZ by Deb's mom on Monday and is waiting there for Deb to get better and come and get him.