Maya is already home from surgery

We have been through a LOT with Maya, and today makred a very important milestone...a surgery without an overnight stay. We only had one prior to this with her ear tubes, but I was more uncertain about this procedure as there was actually an incision involved and the ENT checked out a few things with Maya as well.

1. He scoped her airway to make sure it looked healthy enough to removed the trach, if she passes a sleep study. RESULT: her airway looked great, and the pictures we received post surgery reminds us just how much of her airway her trach actually takes up...it will be easier for her to breathe without the trach in the way.

2. He dialated the area near the opening of her esophogus to increase the opening alomost 3 times the size it was due to scar tissue...this should have some positive effects once Maya heals up.

3. He checked her ears and started her on antibiotics since an infection was present...not a big deal for Maya, she has many ear infections, but it is good to know her ear tubes are still in good shape.

4. she received injections of BoTox in 2 of the 4 main salavary glands to help manage her secretions. The original plan was to do ALL glands, but her drooling had decreased some recently, and drying her out too much could cause dental cavaties...so we decided to do 2, and we could always do all 4 next time. It is hard to tell how the BoTox is working, as Maya is drooling some, NOT a ton, due mostly to the fact that I believe her throat is pretty sore today...and she might not want to swallow yet.

Overall the day was great, once she was awake she was back to her normal self in no time. She even was riding on her new rocking horse shortly after we arrived home today at 1:30. Today was a good reminder of how healthy she is. I think a typical kid would have handled this procedure in a similar manner to Maya, other than the fact that Maya was very happy to walk right out the door on her way to surgery with the anestheiologists, which makes this ALL much easier on mom and dad. I hope the dialation and the BoTox will help her manage her secretions better and possibly allows us to start tasting orally again. Only time will tell. Addy spent the day with her grandma and is happy to have Maya home...they are now both playing happily in Maya's room...for a surgery day, you could not ask for better than what we experienced today!