Well today featured a swallow study for Daniel and I am not sure who it was more intense for - Daniel or us. Since we were in radiology Mike and I had to wear lead jackets and poor Daniel donned a patient gown once again. The radiologist was a bit reserved and was not very forthcoming with information. He kinda pissed me off when he asked if we suctioned Daniel when he gets junky. I so wanted to say "No, I just let me kid choke on it" but for once in my life I held my tongue.
All and all the study went fine. We were in charge of holding Daniel down so it was hard to see what was all going on and I have to say, Daniel is a whole lot stronger than we give him credit for. The good news is that he could not see any abnormal connections between Daniel's trachea and esophagus and the fistula appears closed. However, he had to review the images and video before he could give us a firm answer. The tech stated he would dictate his findings tonight so the GI Dr. we are seeing tomorrow should be able to provide additional answers - or so we hope.
Tomorrow features another dilation at 10:00 a.m. Hopefully the last dilation had some effect and the Dr. will tell us that we are moving in the right directions.
Until tomorrow.....
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Hope everything is going well. Look forward to talking with you guys when you get back. Love Jeff,Vic,And Kira
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