We spent the day talking with highly trained medical professionals.  We revisited the choice of procedures again.  The doctors wanted to give Veronica the choice between a long shot of keeping her hearing, or a procedure that would give the neurosurgeon the best chance of getting all of the tumor out.  She chose to stick with her original decision and will lose her hearing as a result of the surgery.

After the appointments, we went with Fr. Joseph (who flew in from STL to be with us for the next few days,) to the Marine Recruit Base.  There, Fr. Joseph and his friend Fr. Joe Coffey concelebrated Mass for us.  Afterwards, Fr. Joe took us on a tour of the Navy base on Coronado. Veronica said it was a nice distraction from tomorrow’s reality.

We had a nice dinner at Hotel Del Cornado and spent a little time walking on the beach and listening to the ocean.  Veronica is now tired enough to sleep to be ready to get to the hospital at 6am.