Boatload Chronicles

Two posts in one day?! Yeah, well, this is important. I don't remember if I have posted about this or not, but my mom has a condition called subglottic stenosis. It is a condition where scar tissue has grown in one of her air passages and it hinders her breathing. She has to take all kinds of meds for acid reflex and she can barely exercise or do much lifting or physical work. She has had this condition for maybe four or five years (give or take a year, I guess), and the doctors in LA cannot do a thing to help her. She has had about four surgeries where the doctors have gone in and dilated her passage to help her breath. This dilation only lasts from 3 to 6 months, and then Mom is back to not being able to breathe again. Mom and Dad traveled to FL this weekend to see some doctors in Jacksonville, and they were told today that Mom is a perfect candidate for reconstructive surgery! We are very grateful to God for answered prayer, and we continue to pray for my mom's recovery. Please join my family in this prayer. The surgery, as I said, will be a reconstructive surgery. From what I understand, they have to completely reconstruct the lining of this passageway. She will be in the hospital in FL for up to two weeks. I am not sure yet when the surgery will take place, but I will try to remember to post about it when I know!

posted by Rashell at 8:11 PM