Guest blogger #5
Aimee had her first Safe Trach procedure this morning. This is something that will need to be done every 6-12 months. They are scoping her airway checking the fit of the Trach and also for granulation tissue. Also checking her Stoma where the Trach enters. The procedure went well and came back with no issues around the Trach itself.
We finally had the meeting of the minds from General Surgery and GI. Can I get a hallelujah!?! They are going to do imaging through an MRE (basically an MRI of the gut) of her intestine. The team also agreed that, depending on the results of the imaging, they would also do a scope through her ileostomy to look at the inside of her small intestines and potentially take a biopsy. They recommended that we start some of her medicine, erythromycin and cyproheptadine, into her small bowels. These medications are both to improve stomach function, to allow it to expand and also to move contents to the small intestine. The first and foremost goal is for her no to longer be dependent on the suction through the NG tube that is through her nose and down into her stomach, which has been there for a month. Tomorrow we hope to get the MRE done and will update from there.
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