Thursday, October 06, 2005

Edison's doing pretty well. He is having a test over the next 16 hours or so called a "pneumogram". This test checks for heart rate, chest wall movement, respiratory rate, reflux, and periods of apnea (where he stops breathing). We are hoping this will give us some information into what is causing his spells. If it does not then there will really be nothing else to do except for us to be extremely vigilant and "stimulate and resucitate" him if something happens (the quote is from our surgeon). The fear of this is crushingly overwhelming but it will just be a part of our lives for a while. Hopefully within the next year this will become less of an issue as his tracheomalacia heals.

We will find out the results of the test tomorrow and also we are supposed to have a family meeting. We'll let you know what happens!

1 Comments:

Blogger NaomiGibbs said...

I don't need to tell you that you three are in my thoughts and prayers as these next hours unfold to provide insight and guidance to D's very capable doctors. I will be anxious to hear the results. In the meantime, much love is coming your way. love....
dobie

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