Jarrett's Scope

Well, Jarrett had his scope on Friday. He did so well, I'm so proud of him. He was such a happy little boy while being prepped for his scope. He was smiling and giggling for the nurses and doctors...such a little flirt. However, I will tell you, it was really difficult for Justin and I both when the nurse came to take him from us. I didn't like that one bit! The whole procedure took less than an hour and they said he did great! The doctors said he was still smiling even while he was asleep and they were doing the procedure. However, when he woke up...oh man was he SCREAMING! They told us he would be just to prepare us. Who could blame him, the poor thing hadn't eaten since 1:30am. Anyway, the doctors found exactly what they thought they would to confirm their diagnosis. He has some "floppy" skin in his upper airway, its called Laryngomalacia. However, when they went down into his lungs, they also found some floppy skin in the tube (whatever it is called) going to his left lung, which they didn't expect to find. It's called trachealmalacia. That makes his condition a little more severe, but they said that they didn't feel they needed to surgically laser any of the floppy skin out, so that was a relief to Justin and I. Both doctors feel that Jarrett will grow out of this within 18 months. Because they found the floppy skin in his lower airway, they gave us a more aggressive breathing treatment to use. We have to continue to do the breathing treatments to keep swelling down, especially if he gets a cold. Getting a cold, flu, etc. will make his condition more severe, so we have to take the necessary measures to prevent this, so no daycare, no being around snotty kids, or people kissing on him (except mommy and daddy of course), etc. Overall, though, we were pleased that it was nothing more serious than this. The doctors reassured us that he is going to be just fine and he really is a healthy little boy and a cute one as well!