We are all home after a very uneventful day at the hospital. When the surgeon went to take a look into Bennett's airway they discovered he had quite a bit of scar tissue that can come from irritation. The surgeon said it was common in active little guys like Bennett.
They removed the scar tissue and felt like his throat would be too sore to try to remove the trach today. He sent us home to heal up and we have a plan to try again after a few weeks of healing.
They put in a smaller trach which allows him to breathe through his mouth around the trach a tiny bit. This makes it so he can practice over the next couple weeks. He loves his new sounds he is making today. Hopefully they will just get louder in the next couples weeks and he will be a pro when we try all of this again.
Thankfully the next time he wont have to be in an operating room or under anesthesia.
Bennett did wonderful today up at the hospital. He was a trooper and he always gets so many "oh my goodness what a cutie" which makes him smile even bigger.
Thank you for everyone's good thoughts and prayers, although it wasn't the outcome we had hoped for, Bennett is very happy playing at home and I think he has already forgotten he spent most of the morning at the hospital.
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