Monday, September 21, 2009

Some better news

Dr. Eleru (ear, nose and throat doctor) came by today after Micah's test and looked him over. He said that his neck really looks great. He also thinks that Micah is having problems because he was never able to learn how to swallow well when he was in the womb. He was pretty confident that he would be able to learn to do this. Micah is going to have to have a feeding tube put into his stomach, which will be an hour and half procedure. We do not know when they plan on doing this. Micah is also going to have another test where they put something in his saliva and then take an x ray to see if it ends up in his lungs ( Dr. Eleru said they cannot know for sure if he is aspirating by the test he had today). We were also told that if Micah still has trouble with his secretions that there are about three options before they would think about doing a tracheotomy. There is a medicine that drys up secretions, they can inject botox into his saliva glands so they do not secrete as much ( this would wear off eventually) or they could surgically remove some of his saliva glands. They did not give us a big run down yet about what their full plan is, but the next step seems to be doing the spit test to see where his saliva ends up and then putting in his new feeding tube. We have no dates on when this will happen but it is good to know that they seem to have located the problem and now they just need to see what will work best for him. It seems like Micah will keep dropping his heart rate and oxygen saturation until they can get this all sort out. Please pray that Micah can regulate himself a little better until they are able to start fixing the problem.

3 comments:

  1. Britt & Travis:
    I am glad the doctor gave you some encourgaing news. We had just the thing at Tara's party, "smurf" blue icing! That would of dyed anyone's saliva!! I told your Mom to take some to Micah. And by the way did the dip arrive in Cinncinati? I told your Mom that it was for you!
    Just remember all of you are in our prayers daily. God is in control, it may not be what we want or when we want, but God will get you through.

    Love,
    Aunt Ellen & Uncle Steve

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  2. You two have been so strong for so long I am sure that with Gods help you will continue to be strong for little Micah. I have 1 request- you had been posting so regular I knew just when to pop in but lately its been hit and miss and it kinda freaks me out, so I go hurrying out to Alan and ask him whats up!! He's concerned to but says he hasn't heard from Linda so everything must be ok. Take care you two--Monica

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  3. Glad to hear that you got some more encouraging news and I love the pictures! But I'm not sure that Micah is paying any attention in the one where Travis is talking with him (he seems to be sleeping through it!) :)

    Sending kisses & cuddles to Micah! Love,

    Aunt Joni

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