Bronchoscopy

Trey had a bronchoscopy today in his room - they brought all the equipment to him (which isn't uncommon in the hospital).  Mom got to watch and it was a pretty neat experience.  They used a scope to look into his airway, they also flushed some fluid through and pulled what they could back out so they can test the sample to see if they find anything.  A few things they did learn were that Trey has a large epiglottis and some bronchial & tracheal malacia (which is basically softness or floppiness that he will outgrow).  These are all contributors to the difficulty he has been having - they suspected malacia, but the large epiglottis was a surprise!  They also found a small indentation that does have a medical name but I can't remember it and it could be nothing.  They've seen these indentations before, but not in this particular place.  They will do further tests, probably next week, to see if it could be a problem.  Trey tolerated the procedure very well and overall he had a great day.  He's having more periods of wakefullness, and they began feeding him breast milk again.

Stella is doing well and was happy to see her daddy when he made it back.  I was too!