willsmom
07-31-2006, 05:48 PM
Ok, after Will's scope, and our discovery of his 80% stenosis, we are facing an LTP sometime next year. Well, I put in a call to Dr Cotton and in the meantime, I thought I would just check with the ENT in OKC who put Will's trach in and just see if they were capable of doing LTP's there. Here is the conversation I had with his nurse.
"My son has a trach and will have to have an LTP, the surgery to fix it, I was wondering if Dr Clark did those and had any experience with them?"
Silence. . . . Then, "of course Dr Clark does those, he does them all of the time."
"Oh really, what PICU will he use?"
Silence. . . . "It is all done outpatient, they will go home the same day."
"Oh really, so they will take out his rib, make a stent out of it, take his trach out, then send him home that day???"
Silence. . . ."Oh I guess we aren't talking about the same things, so no Dr Clark doesnt do that"
I am not sure what she thought I was talking about, but I kind of got a kick out of her reply. So apparently they have figured out a miracle new way of getting trachs out in OKC outpatient, so anyone interested????? Ha ha.
"My son has a trach and will have to have an LTP, the surgery to fix it, I was wondering if Dr Clark did those and had any experience with them?"
Silence. . . . Then, "of course Dr Clark does those, he does them all of the time."
"Oh really, what PICU will he use?"
Silence. . . . "It is all done outpatient, they will go home the same day."
"Oh really, so they will take out his rib, make a stent out of it, take his trach out, then send him home that day???"
Silence. . . ."Oh I guess we aren't talking about the same things, so no Dr Clark doesnt do that"
I am not sure what she thought I was talking about, but I kind of got a kick out of her reply. So apparently they have figured out a miracle new way of getting trachs out in OKC outpatient, so anyone interested????? Ha ha.