Clay Update

Hi family and friends,
We are busy packing to go to Pennsylvania tomorrow, but we wanted to post about Clay. He is a happy baby and doing rather well and I sure didn't expect to have this news after our appointment today.

I took him to Massachusetts Eye and Ear Hospital today to see the specialist again and this time he saw a cyst in Clay's throat when he looked with the endoscope. I saw it clear as day too and it sure wasn't there the last time we took at peek at his larynx. It is called a Vallecular cyst and it is just behind his epiglottis (just above his vocal chords).

It looks as though Clay will be having surgery next week. He will be "put under" with anesthetic and will stay over night in the hospital (Mass Eye and Ear in Boston). The cyst cannot be removed because of it's location so they will be draining it and then checking up on it in a month or so to see if it is filling up again.

He will be getting a CT Scan as well as a whole bunch of "scopies" that I don't fully understand but are more intense than what he has been getting so far.

He also got X-Rays today and the final word is that he has mild tracheomalacia and also mild laryngomalacia. Both will heal with time and need no further treatment. He has been eating very well and it really hasn't been a stresser lately for any of us.

Praise God that the cyst was found! It would have obstructed his airway if it continued to grow.
Clay (and our family) are fortunate to have medical care and we are very grateful to God for providing it.

Love,
Abby and all the boys.