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| Audrey is excited about getting "Ducky feet" again as she prepares for the operating room. She says "Kack, kack!" |
Dr Skarda called Dr Manfredi yesterday to get the scoop on Audrey, and Dr M apparently said that in his experience Audrey copes really well with her stricture until it gets pretty tight.... in other words, she'll just adapt how she chews, eats or drinks until there's almost no room left to get stuff down. He was spot on. Just talked to Dr S, she is recovering now. That little sweetie was coping with a 3 millimeter wide esophagus!!!!! UGH. He cautiously brought her up to 12mm and wants to see her again in a month, when depending on how things have changed he may try to get her back to 15. There was some mild scarring developing down in there but he didn't think she needs the specialized Boston treatment just yet, maybe in a couple months. Love Dr Skarda, he seems like a great communicator. He gave me his email and contact info, and will share today's results with both Dr Manfredi and Dr Downey. Also really appreciated the anesthesiologist Dr Seely, who took a leap of faith twice with our procedure today; first, with allowing me to convince him I was experienced and confident enough to bring her back to the OR myself and put her to sleep, and second, to make the brave call to quit trying after two pokes for an IV and do the procedure without one, since the need for one was very unlikely. She's a legendary "tough stick" so most of our IVs are an ordeal; I'm impressed that he chose to save the next vein for another day. One less thing to pull during recovery. This was also our first procedure in ages without Versed on board. I was a little worried about that but she was calm as a summer's day, and that stuff keeps her sleepy for a very long time, so going without it is also speeding up our recovery. We might be out of here in a few minutes...
