Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Daily Changes are Making Us Weary

Today Emma's Doctor came in and said she thought she had a solution to the metal in the trach/MRI problem. She also placed several calls to the specialists that see Emma regularly to consult with them on this issue. The E.N.T.Doctor came to see Emma and to replace Emma's trach with an all plastic trach and if she did well with it she would get the MRI. Well he replaced her trach and also looked down inside her trachea with a small camera. He was impressed with how her trachea looked but that he did see a small amount of swelling due to any trauma that might have happened over the last few days of removing the trach so often.
Emma now has a new infection in the trach on top of all of this which means we are back in isolation. This is a bummer because it means that anyone entering her room has to put on a mask & gown to prevent spreading the bug.

The good news, Emma is scheduled for an MRI at 9 am as long as the O.R. can spare a pediatric anesthesiologist. Emma is also showing signs that she is starting to feel better. We will keep you posted as we know more.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dear Family,
How we are in prayer for our precious Emma. . .Thank you for keeping us posted. Look forward to good news after the MRI
Love you soooo much,

Trying to Love, Laugh & Live said...

We'll keep checking back for updates... because we sure are praying!

Anonymous said...

God please give this family strength and faith to go through this. God will also bless Emma. We will keep praying for her!