Good News and A Lunar Eclipse!

Good news - Daniel's dilations are technically done for now!! According to the Dr. Daniel's esophagus has stayed open enought that he does not think we have to continue with the two week stretching program. He did state that he will continue to monitor Daniel and does expect that he will have to do another stretching in the future but for now we are good. This is really good news for another reason - we can now proceed onto the next step which is airway surgery and the removal of Daniel's trach.

The question that remains is how soon will we be able to do the surgery. For that we have to wait until next Wednesday when the group meets and discusses Daniel's case. We did meet with the nurse who is assigned to us and she stated she would call us next week with "The Plan." What that "Plan" is I am not too sure but I do know that Daniel will have to undergo another scoping of his airway to determine what type of airway surgery they will perform. Other than that, I am not too sure how we proceed. The other good thing is that Daniel's GI Dr. did state he would "tag-team" with the Airway folks in an effort to monitor Daniel's esophagus and do any stretching during those visits. Stay tune since the next couple of weeks and months should be very intereting.

Daniel enjoyed his first lunar eclipse last night since we were lucky enough to be traveling home during it. Mike was very excited and I do have to say it was pretty cool to watch. Hey, at least we can say we saw it since another one is not expected in 2012.

Tomorrow features Daniel's nine-month check-up with his pediatrican. According to the scale in Cincinnati he is 17 pounds and 25 1/2 inches long. I am not too sure if that weight is accurate so we will see what they say tomorrow.

Thanks again for caring and we will keep you posted on our "crazy" adventure.

"Here's Looking at You!"