Jan. 9, 2008 - Trachea Surgery Results -- No T-Tube!!! Praising God Here - Tracheal Stenosis receding
Trachea Surgery Results -- No T-Tube!!! Praising God Here - Tracheal Stenosis Receding
I don't have a t-tube!
I don't have a stenosis growing in my trachea!
When the Doctors went in to look with a scope before traching me; they discovered that the last surgery and a deep subcutaneous infection had caused a polyp!!! The polyp had apparently grown very slowly. Christmas Eve, I started getting rapidly worse. At the time of surgery Dr's estimate that I was only breathing through a sliver of my trachea. I have pictures to post to my blog later :) The polyp was only attached by a small section, so not much problems expected with scar tissue.
So, once they removed the polyp and measured the stenosis section they discovered that it was actually receding, not growing!!! My trachea was clearly more open yesterday then it was after my surgery last May.
Wow. That is so cool just typing that out...
So, I do technically still have a stenosis, but it is not growing anymore. And, they went ahead and excised it some more while they were in there. So, as long as it heals nicely, I will have even more of an opening then before.
I am on six weeks (6 weeks!!!) of antibiotics; so that is a bit frustrating. As the Dr. said to us though; he doesn't want the polyp thing to happen again, so he wants to make sure the infection is completely gone. I am trying to decide right now whether to start probiotics now; or if that is pretty much useless with 1800 mg of penicillin/k cav (each one is 875 mg) in my system every day and I might as well wait till the six weeks are over.
The bottom line is; We try not to insist on parent-led learning or gravitate toward child-led learning. We try instead to focus on God-led learning and ask for His input and perspective on every aspect of our home school. That way, when others fuss about what Dan and I are doing and make me second guess our decisions -- I can go back to our decision process and find God's fingerprints, reminding me that this is His way.
