Peter had a 2 inch "juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma" (JPA) removed from his brain on Wed Mar 4th. JPA's are brain tumors but they are fortunately not malignant. Post surgery he developed "superior sagittal sinus thrombosis" which is a blood clot in the brain. All of this has kept him in the PICU for the entire month of March. In recent hours a CT scan revealed that he has pressure on the brain that requires a second surgery. The surgery is scheduled starting at some time between 2-3 pm CST today (Mar 16). The surgery is to place two nickel sized holes in the skull (but under the skin) to relieve the pressure.

Here is an MRI scan of the tumor that was removed:



I am posting more regular and thorough updates on Facebook (click the Facebook image in the header with the picture of Peter and me).