Burke's Surgery Tomorrow

Well, Burke goes in for a surgery first thing tomorrow morning. This surgery will be a broncoscopy along with a tongue clipping surgery. The bronc will be to check for any possible blockages in his airways. Our awesome ENT suspects there is a blockage in his airways right below his vocal cords causing him to wheeze. This blockage is most likely from all the many times Burke has been intubated over the past few years. Scar tissue has developed and is blocking his airway. The ENT will laser the scar tissue out and hopefully it will not come back.

Burke's tongue is the other reason why his is having this surgery tomorow. His tongue has been clipped two times already and this will be the third time. It must have become tightened again over time which is very rare and is unheard of to have to clip it this many times. His tongue being tight has caused him to not swallow appropriately which makes him aspirate the thin liquids like water, juice soda and sometimes even milk. Aspirating is when food or liquid goes down the trachea or his airway into his lungs instead of going down the esophagus into his stomach. If enough liquid goes into the lungs he could get infections and that sort of thing- which he has had in the past. The aspirating also irritates his upper airways where the blockage is and causes him to wheeze which makes Burke's breathing labored.

We are very excited for this surgery and really have hope and faith that this will help Burke's health overall in many ways. He will hopefully not have to do the two nebulizer treatments he has had to do this past month to help control his wheezing. His oxygen levels will hopefully increase and stay at a normal percentage. He will hopefully feel 100 percent like we had anticipated he would feel after his heart was fixed. We are hopeful. So, keep us in mind tomorrow. Burke will do great I'm sure and we will be out of there on Tuesday with a new kid, probably back at the whole shooting thing again. Man I love this kid.I just thought I would record what we are going through at this time in our lives and to inform everyone about what is going on with Burke and his health. Wish us well and say a little prayer for Burke. We would appreciate it very much! Thank you!