Bad.Day

Well last night wasn't very good for miss Berlyn. She had a lot of apnea spells and a couple that required them to bag her. The day was a lot better though. Vicki was our nurse today and she is so smart she knows her stuff and it is comforting to us that she is taking care of Berlyn. They did some labs in the morning and they came back high on white blood cells and platelets... Great we thought she had an infection. They put us in precautionary isolation and they made us wear gowns. They did a swab of her nose to see if they could get a positive match on what was wrong. The results came back negative! No infection just a high number of white blood cells and platelets from a stressful night. With the increase of her apnea spells (she had 24 in 24 hours) they were getting worried why she was having them more frequently. An ear, nose, and throat doctor was called to see what they thought. They were able to do a scope at the bedside to look into her larynx. They noticed she has laryngomalacia. They scheduled her for surgery tomorrow to look past her vocal cords at her trachea and bronchi. If it is only the first one they can cut the extra tissue she has around her vocal cords so they will no longer collapse and restrict her airway. Another surgery for this poor girl. We had a rough time with the other surgery and have to go through another one. We've decided we hate Tuesdays!! Only bad news comes then. But we are hoping this surgery will correct her apnea spells and we can jump over another hurdle! We love her so much!