Tomorrow's the DAY!!!!

I am having surgery on my trachea. I have scar tissue on it from when I was young (age 2) & was intubated for a week. I was in a coma-due to serious pneumonia & they didn't remove the tube often enough to prevent it trying to attach to the trachea wall. So, when I came out of the coma, they basically ripped it out, I guess. Some time later, my mom noticed I was turning blue when I played. She took me into the doctor, who said it was scar tissue building up in my trachea. If they hadn't discovered it when they did, the doctor said it could have grown completely closed in the next few days!!! I had a series of tracheal dilatations, & was told at the age of 8 that it was looking great, although I still had a smaller trachea than most kids my age.


Anyway, I have been having a very hoarse voice, & I had an ENT scope my throat. He said there is still more scar tissue there than he is comfortable with, & he thinks it could be why I have had so many asthma symptoms my whole life. We also deduced that it might be indirectly causing the hoarseness, since I clear my throat & cough a lot. Could be that the tightness feels like asthma, but really is just the small trachea. He will remove what is still left of the scar tissue, & put some liquid on the new wound to prevent any new scar tissue from forming.

So, it is an outpatient surgery, but I will be under general anesthesia.

The hardest part, though, is I CAN'T TALK OR MAKE ANY SOUND FROM MY THROAT FOR 48 HOURS!!! Dave will be full-time parenting! I think I might need to go to a hotel to keep my mouth shut! (Just kidding!)

I am somewhat nervous about it, though, since I love to sing & that is super close to my vocal chords! Then, of course, there's the whole general anesthesia thing! YIKES! I don't like not being in control!

Anyway, I would appreciate your prayers! Tomorrow at 10:45am, Mountain Time!

But as for me, I trust in You, O LORD;

I say, “You are my God.”

My times are in Your hand;

Psalm 31:14 & 15a