Boy! Blogger sucks! I have been trying for 3 days to even get to the "create box" and I get nothing. It probably wasn't anything important to write about, but it's the principle of the thing. Now I have something to write about, so here is a letter that I wrote to family regarding my trip to SLC.
Report on paralyzed vocal chord
Okee Dokie, Here goes:
Rich drove me to Salt Lake City on November 29. They did 2 tests. The first one was the scope that the other doctors had done in the past. The left vocal chord is still not showing any signs of moving. The main doctor told me of the different procedures and surgeries that are available. Because of the kind of paralasis and my lung problems there is only one surgery that could work for me. They did the second test which checks to see if there are any motor neurons sending signals to the vocal chord. I did have a couple still working. Because complications can happen in anasthesia when lung problems are present, he wants me to wait another 3 months to see if the neurons will regenerate and bring my voice back on it's own. That will put the paralasis at one year. But the specialist said that 1 year to 18 months is more the time table than the 6 to 8 months the other doctors had told me. The surgery is also rather gnarly involving transplanting nerves to stimulate the other nerves or something close to that and so I am waiting. If I do the surgery it will still take ANOTHER 3 months to see if it works. By then we are hoping to be in Bakersfield or close to it. If he doesn't do the surgery he has a colegue at UCLA he trusts.
We got back home about 6pm last night. We went up in a storm, but came back without incident.
All is well and happy in Cedar City. Love, Non
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