Welcome @stmr. I'm confident that @patrassi will return to tell you about her son's experience with laser interstitial thermal therapy (LiTT) and perhaps @suellipo68 and @santosha. While you can private message Patrassi, it would be helpful for others to hear more from members in the forum so others can join in the conversation and learn.

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You may also be interested in this recently published article from Mayo Clnic:
- Expert Alert: Laser therapy brings the heat to minimally invasive epilepsy treatment https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/expert-alert-laser-therapy-brings-the-heat-to-minimally-invasive-epilepsy-treatment/

You're in good hands at Mayo Clinic, Suzanne. It is hard to imagine that you will only need to be in the hospital for one overnight after such a procedure, but it's true. LITT is minimally invasive and the hospital stay is typically a day. Usually the return to former activity is within two weeks. Crazy, right?

Will you be going to Mayo in Minnesota, Florida or Arizona? Do you plan to stay at Mayo in a hotel for a few days following surgery? Are you traveling from from away?