Wednesday, November 9th
Will had a rough day yesterday.
When his doctors removed the breathing tube, Will did not tolerate it. His body was working too hard to breathe, so they put it back in. So now, the doctors need to find out why this happened since his sprints were going so well. They have already ruled out an immature diaphram. Now, they need to rule out an injury in his airway as a result of the ventilator... unfortunately a risk you have to take. The most troubling injury would probably be injury to the vocal cords, which unfortunately the only way to cure would be to do a tracheotomy.
The ear nose and throat doctors are going to a procedure today to find out if there is any injury. They are going to take him to the OR (only because this is where their tools are) this afternoon to do this procedure. They will take out his breathing tube and put a scope down his airway to see if there are any injuries. The ENT doctor I spoke to last night said he didn't think he was going to find anything, but obviously can't guarantee anything.
A good thing about Will going to the OR today is that they are going to take out his dialysis catheder while they are there.
If they don't find anything, they will take Will to the OR next week when they reattempt to take out his breathing tube so that the ENT doctors can be present with their tools in case he has difficulty.
When his doctors removed the breathing tube, Will did not tolerate it. His body was working too hard to breathe, so they put it back in. So now, the doctors need to find out why this happened since his sprints were going so well. They have already ruled out an immature diaphram. Now, they need to rule out an injury in his airway as a result of the ventilator... unfortunately a risk you have to take. The most troubling injury would probably be injury to the vocal cords, which unfortunately the only way to cure would be to do a tracheotomy.
The ear nose and throat doctors are going to a procedure today to find out if there is any injury. They are going to take him to the OR (only because this is where their tools are) this afternoon to do this procedure. They will take out his breathing tube and put a scope down his airway to see if there are any injuries. The ENT doctor I spoke to last night said he didn't think he was going to find anything, but obviously can't guarantee anything.
A good thing about Will going to the OR today is that they are going to take out his dialysis catheder while they are there.
If they don't find anything, they will take Will to the OR next week when they reattempt to take out his breathing tube so that the ENT doctors can be present with their tools in case he has difficulty.
posted by Stephanie Burns @ 12:18 PM
3 Comments:
At 9:31 AM,
Anonymous said…
Hang in there, Will and Stephanie! I love you and wish I could just hold you both so you could feel how much. We continue to pray for you. Thanks for keeping us up to date with how things are going.
Love,
Grammie/Kirk
At 10:45 AM,
Anonymous said…
Stephanie- I am praying for the doctors to find that there is no sign of injury. I wish I were there. But better than that, I know God is there with you and Will and the doctors. "God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble." Psalm 46
Love you! Aunt Sally
At 6:43 PM,
Jay said…
We wish we could be with you, too, Stephanie. Please know that we're all thinking about you and holding you close to our hearts.
Always in our prayers,
Uncle Jay, Aunt Lisa Jo,
Parks and Wren
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