As of right now, I'm at home and doing fantastic. Thank you to everybody for your warm wishes and prayers.
When Dr. Demonteverde saw me in the hospital, she had a big "a-ha" moment. She heard my beathing sound and recognized a sound called "stridor". She thinks that I likely have a condition called "laryngomalacia" which basically means "soft larynx" or more informally as "floppy voice box".
Some links to information on laryngomalacia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laryngomalacia
http://www.bcm.edu/oto/grand/08_18_05.htm
http://www.utmb.edu/otoref/grnds/Stridor-050615/Stridor-050615.htm
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4100/is_200410/ai_n9464857
The laryngomalacia is very likely combined with a case of "GERD", or "Gastroesophageal reflux disease" (a.k.a. Acid Reflux). The doctors prescribed a baby version of the medicine Zantac to treat that. It is a liquid that tastes like peppermint, and I don't like it. Mommy and daddy are always tricking me by putting it into a nipple and having me drink it before I realize what I've done.
In addition, they make sure to keep me upright for 30 minutes after eating, and try to put me on my side when I'm in bed. As if that wasn't bad enough, they have one end of my bed tilted up so that my head stays higher than my tummy. Sometimes I roll to the foot of the bed (when I'm really pissed off I can actually roll over in a flat bed; on the slanted bed I can do it pretty easily).
Tomorrow I see Dr. Demonteverde at 10am, and then daddy has a dentist appointment at 11am. He has a toothache. If he'd just brush his teeth once in a while...
As for our weekend plans, we're going up to Santa Barbara on Thursday afternoon, so Daddy can go to Uncle Jefferson's wedding rehearsal. The wedding is on Friday, then we come home Saturday morning. We're not going up to the Valley or Santa Maria; we're going to just stay in SB and try to take it easy. Daddy keeps saying that Mommy and I need our rest and to get into a routine. He won't admit it, but he needs more rest too!
I'll let you know how my doctor appointment goes...
1 comment:
I'm so happy to hear the good news. I looked stridor up on the internet. The good news is that it usually resolves itself in the second year. Tell your Mommy and Daddy we're thinking about all of you. We send our love.
Aunt Carol
PS: The dress is about 3/4 finished.
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