This morning I took Carter in for another vocal chord repair surgery. After a few appointments with another doctor it was decided that we should go in and be more aggressive with the injection. We were told that if it didn't work we would need to wait until he was 9 or 10 for a bigger surgery. We were hopeful, but not too optimistic since there was zero improvement last time.
Dr. Camilon came and talked to me after the surgery and said that it wasn't successful. He said there was so much scaring that the vocal chord wouldn't budge no matter how much he injected or from what angel. He suggested that we do another surgery kinda like his airway reconstruction surgery to fix it. Obviously we are happy that there is another option for now, but not excited about the complexity of the surgery. They would take cartilage from his ear this time and go in the same incision sight as the past surgery and use the cartilage to create a stint allowing the left vocal chord to finally be medialized. We are not sure if we are ready to move forward with the surgery or not. I want to get a second opinion, but not sure where to even start to find another doc. It took us forever to find this one so we will see. One thing for sure is that each surgery is getting harder and harder. Carter was a mess coming out of anesthesia. My arms will be sore from try to restrain him while getting his breathing treatment. No Fun!
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