Mlb today

hcs_mom · #1 12-04-2006, 05:35 AM

I was afraid to post earlier, you know, always waiting for the other shoe to drop...

Anyway, we started an ATB as a precaution last week. For the first time EVER, Hannah required no oxygen when she was sick. Of course, this was not the sickest she's ever been, but I thought it was a nice way to be sick. Her sats were indeed lower, especially asleep, and still positional, but no nearly as bad as before the laser in November. So while I think the laser arytenoidectomy resolved *some* of the collapse issues, I am doubtful that it did *enough* to avoid an LTP.

I am OK with this. I feel this incredible sense of peace about the whole thing. I don't want her to have another surgery, but if her airway is still not safe, and there is a way to fix it, then fix it. Her scope is late today, oh I pray they are on time. She was allowed to eat until 6:45 this AM. So, she should be eating breakfast right now (I'm an idiot, I came into work this AM).

I will update when I can, but I honestly expect that she will be having an LTP next week. With what I saw during mild illness last week, I'm not comfortable decannulating. Unless he sees something in her airway to convince me otherwise. He may try to cap a night or so, just to be sure, but I really don't want to put her through it unless he's pretty certain that her airway is stable enough to tolerate. I don't need to wipe her out before major surgery, not to mention, being on the floor with all the respiratory junk a week before surgery. That's certain to delay things.

Jennie