Update on Our Youngest Daughter

// June 24th, 2007 // Community, Family, Health, Parenting, Personal, Relationships

First of all, thank you for your support and interest in how our 15 month old has been doing since her time in the hospital.

We have had 3 doctor visits since we were released, and Sydney is doing well on a day to day basis. Her upper airway has been inspected three times, and all is well there. The inflammation seen below the trachea seems to have lessened to some degree. The ear nose and throat doctor charged us a week and a half ago to “keep her in a bubble” until we could figure out what is going on.

The concern is that a cold, infection, virus, allergies, bee sting, or something else could cause her airway to inflame and close again. So, we have been doing our best to keep both daughters cooped up and un-”exposed”. Ashley is especially tired from keeping the little bits while I am at work, so please pray for her.

This Wednesday, little Sydney will be put under around 7am for a 10 minute rigid bronchoscope where they look at her airway and into the lungs. The ENT has indicated it is either the worst case of croup he has ever heard about, or some anatomical problem may exist. Most anatomical problems are correctable through surgery these days, but there are a few conditions which could impact her quality of life. We’ll no more on Wednesday.

Thanks again for you care and prayer during this trial. God is using it in a number of ways and He is in this like all the other trials Ashley and I have been through together.

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