It's 7:35 AM, and Brett just went back to begin his surgical procedure. We woke up at 4:45 in order to make it to checkin at UNC at 6:30 The surgeon that has done all Brett's major surgeries, including the one that saved his life on the day he was born) is removing the broviac central catheter today. This is an elective procedure that we are doing to give his body a break from the "hardware" being in his body, as well as the fact that we will be able to put him in the bathtub and the pool. Also, there is always a risk of the line becoming infected. It has been infected twice before. So now that it's summertime, we feel it's pretty safe to go ahead and get it taken out. Its possible he end up back next month needing access again, but we decided that if that happens, then so be it. We will cross that bridge when we get there. So now we wait- probably an hour or two and pray everything goes well in the OR. We are going to be napping in the hospital hallway!