June 2, We have elected to have the clipping surgery on June 10 at Shands in Gainesville. We go June 9 for pre-op and have surgery in the morning of June 10. The surgery: Open brain surgery has prevailed as the choice for my circumstances. This will involve making a 2 inch in diameter incision above the right ear, go through the skull, carefully separate the brain to reach the aneurysm. A titanium clip will then be placed on the aneurysm. Hence, the "clipping" procedure. I will spend 24 hours in the neurological ICU and then with God's grace be moved out of ICU to the neurological hospital room. I anticipate a 3-5 day hospital stay and have been informed to have extra help for one month. My brother will be arriving from TN on Monday June 9 and will visit through June 16. June 16 my sister-in-law from Alaska will visit to provide care through June 30.