We went to visit Dr. E, and he did a scope (up the nose=seriously no fun). He had a terrible, terrible time. Travis held him, and i suctioned nearly constantly. Doc cleaned out his crummy ear, and to our advantage, it wasn't "that bad". LOL, that's as good as we get.
The scope showed he's pooling his secretions (not swallowing very well) and some residual swelling, but really, not a whole lot. He came out w/ plans for a video swallow study, which we were going to do anyway. Now that i write this, i'm wondering if he saw something he didn't want to see... We'd been bringing this up since August. Things have gotten better and worse a handful of times between now and then. We'll save that email for tomorrow. Ugh.
Dr. E hopes there's a macrocyst by his temple, and we'll have an ultrasound done next time we go down. Other than that, it depends on what we can find out about his mouth... So, we went to the nearby UC hospital for a consult w/ a new doc. He can't tell us anything straight away, but at least got an idea of what imaging he needs done (x-rays? mri's? ct? mentioned sedation/anesthesia).
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