Ok so I am not completly sure yet but I think Jacob has a narrow airway. I was wondering if anyone else has dealt with this. It is most likely from him being intubated so long. He is going to have a bronchiostomy to see what is going on. Will he have to have a trach or are there other options? Any info will help. Thanks
Addison is a 24 weeker and she had a narrow airway. After about 7 weeks on vent, they tried to extubate, but she had bad stridor. Tried steroids to reduce any possible swelling that may have been caused by ET tube, but it didn't work. Then we needed to wait until she was 1500gms to have bronchoscopy. After about 10 weeks on vent, she had bronc done and it showed 50% narrowing of airway above vocal chords (so those were fine). They called it subglotic stenosis. Immediately they did a cricoid split to open up her airway (basically horizontal cut in fold of neck, vertical cut on trachea to open it up). She was immobablized for 10 days so her airway could heal and she had a bigger ET tube in. The doctors didn't want the tube to come out or they would have to trach her if they couldn't put it back in. Luckily, the staff did a great job of keeping her still and not moving her head at all. After 10 days, they let her wake up and she came off the vent and never went back on! It was very hard to have her go in for a bronc and not know exactly what they would decide to do until it was over. But the surgeons know what they are doing, and we have to pray that God gives them wisdom and gives our children strength. Good luck, you're in my prayers.
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