Gettin' it out...

Today we are back at the hospital. Grace is telling EVERYONE she is here to get this out (her trach). She is super excited and seems very ok with this process. We may even skip the premeds this time. The plan is to do a bronico scope in the OR this morning. Go back to recovery then tomorrow morning take the trach out be monitored overnight and go home Saturday morning. She is greeting all who enter the waiting room and questions each person who leaves. One lady asked if she was the social director here!

So, if you are confused that is because that was the update prior to surgery that I never posted. The plan changed once we go to the holding area prior to surgery. It was decided that they would do the scope and then remove the trach in the OR. She came out with a band aid over the site and we just stayed for observation. There was a very large granulation that had grown at the top of the stoma site. Our doc gave us a picture of it as a souvenir. It was blocking approx 80% of her airway when the trach was capped. The pic shows it and then the second pic is once they removed it. It isn't very pretty. It is the body's was of rejecting a foriegn object. We are all still amazed that she passed her sleep study with the cap closed and that big thing blocking her airway. It does take away any hesitation about removing the trach. No more trach for us!!! Yippee!