We took Rees to the doctor today. The main surgeon was out of the office all last week so he hadn't actually viewed what was going on with Rees' nose "in person". The first thing he said when we removed the gauze covering was, "Oh, that's bad." He feels that the area is all infected, though Rees has been fortunate not to have a fever at all. There is another area that is starting to form a hole about the middle of the incision and the bone is now even more exposed at the bottom of the incision. So, basically, they have to open the whole thing. The plan is to close the hole and remove the damaged skin. They may or may not take out the bone graft. For sure, they will have to take out the hardware that is exposed as it is "contaminated". If they remove the bone, they will re-open a portion of the incision across his head and slide the bone under the scalp. The say they can "bank" it there for up to three months. If they do this, they will likely have to do a skin graft when they attempt to put the bone back as the skin will have shrunk due to scar tissue; then they would use skin from the forehead and this would create more scarring. I told the surgeon that I was afraid that the skin was going to react and build up with fluid again and cause issues after another surgery and he basically said, "you can be afraid of that." He said that he's never had what's happened to Rees happen with another patient. He's doing all the things that he can think of to help Rees heal and it's not happening. Surgery is scheduled for 10:45am tomorrow (2/23) and they are saying that he will have to stay for one night for sure. Rees has been such a brave boy ... a super-duper-trooper! He's been working hard to exercise his 'lazy' eye and he doesn't fight all the gauze and tape that has to be all over his face. He doesn't fully realize what's going on but when he saw me packing a bag to take to the hospital, he said, "NO! Rees-y all done ... go home," which basically means he does not want to have to stay the night. PLEASE LORD, it's in Your Hands ... it's entirely up to You ... in the name of Your Son and my Savior, Jesus Christ, PLEASE heal Rees' tissue/skin. Please BE the Surgeon. BE the Healer. Go before us and with us, we pray ... in Jesus' name ... AMEN.