ENT

Back in December I took Keira to the ENT as suggested by the Speech Therapist.  She was concerned about the quality of Keira's voice and thought it would be a good idea for the ENT to take a look at what was going on.  I figured that Keira might have some vocal cord nodules associated with "voice abuse" because she is so loud and animated but just to be sure, we made an appointment to see the ENT.

After scoping Keira's throat, the doctor felt we needed to get some better pictures of her airway through a laryngoscopy/bronchoscopy.  He was concerned that with the multiple procedures Keira has had there might be a narrowing of her airway.  This is obviously something we would want to take care of before her next MRI in April, but since I was about to have a baby, we opted to wait for a few weeks.  :)

Today's procedure went very well and Dr. Koltai was happy to report good news.  No nodules - that cute raspy voice of K's is all hers.  :)  Keira's airway also looked clear and her throat is "healthy".

As an added bonus, Dr. Koltai cleaned all the built-up wax out of her ears.  Now we will see if she is able to start using that "inside voice" we keep telling her about.  We are scheduled for a follow-up hearing evaluation in March so I guess we will just have to wait and see.

Thanks for all the happy thoughts.  It's nice to know that Keira has so many people thinking about her and sending prayers.  We know it helps!