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| Blake at 9 months. |
Blake has been diagnosed with
a condition called Bilateral True Vocal Paralysis. Other cases seem to be
linked to people that have other medical conditions. They did a scan on his
brain and said everything was fine up there. Healthy vocal cords open up so
that air can pass through the trachea. Both of his cords are paralyzed leaving
him a constricted opening for breathing. They are planned to do a one hour
surgery today (if he is healthy enough) to try to see what exactly is going on
in there. I have only been told two options to try to make things better.
Option one, which they may do today, is to inject one of his vocal cords with
Botox. I guess that it will cause the cord to move and open up his airway. The
worst case scenario would be that they would have to put in a trachea tube. He
would have to have that for two years. That would require a lot of care. I have
no idea if it is something that he will grow out of etc. I do know that it does
not stop him from being able to speak etc. They are with the best of the best
Dr. but he still only sees about two of these cases a year. The surgery will be
done at primary children’s and they will keep him in ICU for a couple days
after. Please keep the Smiths in your
prayers.
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