Surgery coming up!
Well June 7th will be here before I know it! With being sick twice recently, I must admit I'm quite nervous. So in case people didn't see what is going to happen, here's the plan! June 7th, I will have surgery to get the first type of trach put in that I had. It's called a "Shiley". That type of trach just goes in the hole in my neck and down; whereas the one I have now is like a "t" and acts as a stent to hold open the area of my trachea that keeps growing shut. Dr. Gray is willing to try this now that I have been off the steroids for around two months with no side effects! Yay! Although, she did tell me she's hopeful this will work, she does have concerns it won't because the last time she changed this trach out, the tissue did grow right up to the tube. So, I will see her one week after surgery ( the tissue would previously have grown shut by then ). And, she already has a surgery spot scheduled for two weeks out...