Just to keep everybody updated, tomorrow Mommy & Daddy are taking medown to Long Beach Children's Hospital to have an endoscopy on my trachea/lungs and also my esophagus/stomach. It is just a precautionary procedure to make sure that I don't have any obstructions or other problems that would be causing my stridor. We should also be able to get final diagnosis as to whether I have Laryngomalacia (soft larynx/"floppy voice box") or not. The main reasons are to make sure that my epiglottis is not too deformed, that I don't have any hemangiomas (warning: graphic pictures) on the inside (I have very mild ones on my leg and also my butt cheek, that are already disappearing).
For this procedure, they will be sticking a fiber-optic camera up my nose and down my throat and into my lungs and stomach. They will be placing me into "deep sedation" which is basically what would be, for an adult, making me really relaxed. I will not be fully "out" but since I'm so young they still call it "deep sedation". I will be semi-conscious but relaxed. It still will not be very pleasant for me or my parents. This is an outpatient procedure, however.
The doctors who will be doing the procedure work with Dr. Elizer Nussbaum, who is a world-renowned pediatric pulminologist. We've met them one time before, and Mommy and Daddy are very comfortable with them.
Daddy promises to keep my blog updated for you throughout the morning.
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