The hole in Ira’s neck still hasn’t closed. And so at the follow-up with the ENT today, Laura pressed the doc for answers. The doc said that it sometimes takes two to three months for those holes to close up and that we should give it more time.
Time? Who’s got time, doc? This kid is ready to experience a swimming pool and we’ve got big plans for the month of July!
And so we have a pending surgery date on June 25 to close up the hole. Thing is, it’s a tricky operation with several risks. I was not excited to hear about the procedure, the overnight stay in the hospital with a drainage tube in the back of Ira’s neck or the possibility of a punctured lung due to air moving in the wrong direction. Ugh.
And so we’re praying that the hole close up. According to Laura, the doc didn’t seem too optimistic that it would and honestly, I’m not either as it hasn’t made that much progress since the trach was taken out but I’ve seen weirder things happen.
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