Cicily will be having her 3rd surgery on July 3rd. Her ENT (ear, nose, and throat dr.) will be doing a larynogoscopy/bronchoscopy to evaluate her airway. This is an outpatient procedure where he passes a scope in her mouth and down into her trachea to see how things have changed in the past 8 months. He performed this same procedure to evaluate the need for a trach right before he did her tracheostomy. We have interesting pictures that he took with the scope showing her tongue sitting right on top of her trachea. We're hoping this time when he looks her tongue won't be blocking her airway as much!
Surgery Findings
Cicily had her sugery on Tuesday. She went in quite happy, but came out kicking and screaming!! I forgot how mad she can get when she's upset- she's such a determined fighter, so much so that she got dehydrated from all the commotion! The surgery was very quick and her surgeon, Dr. Mancuso, said her airway has improved 60% from when she was 1 week old. So this is incredibly good news! She'll still have her trach for a while, but only time and patience will tell how long. Thanks ever so much to everyone who has prayed for Cicily.
2 comments:
Janalyn, glad to hear that everything went so well with the surgery. That is great news that her airway is getting better, and so quickly. We have really enjoyed your blog here and look forward to more posts. Love ya
Heath
Janalyn! This is such great news!! Wow your little girl is just as amazing as her mom!
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