Thursday, 5/12

Well, today has been a bit better than yesterday. Dinky had a bronchoscopy to look at his airway (they put a scope down his trachea). To have this done he did go to the OR to have more of a "controlled environment" and he was anesthesized. Basically they found that he has a section of pretty severe tracheomalacia. This means a portion of his trachea is "floppy" and doesn't stay open. That is likely what collapsed yesterday when he got upset. There are three different options for this that the surgeon will now be considering: 1) putting a suture in that part of the trachea that makes it stay open, 2) removing the bad portion of his trachea and reattaching the other part, 3) putting in a trach (a hole in the trachea-and neck- into which a tube would be inserted), he would likely have this for a few years. Unfortunately any of these options mean another trip to the OR for our little guy which is a little overwhelming to consider right now. It will be a little while before they pursue any of these options. We'll keep you posted.

I wanted to be sure and let you all know that unless there are significant changes I probably won't post again until Monday. Our friends Shannon and Matthew are coming to visit from Boston and with our computer at home being kaput it will be difficult for me to post. I will definitely update you on Monday!!