Over the weekend Lyra’s eating deteriorated to the point where all she could tolerate was a constant feed via her NG tube. This morning the ENT doctors, my husband and I decided that it was time to move forward with surgery to correct the laryngomalacia. The procedure is called a supraglottoplasty (links below). She is currently in the operating room.  It is a short procedure, but the wait is killing me. It’s impossibly hard to watch a doctor carry your tiny one away to have surgery. I am currently sitting staring at the door the doctor will walk out of.

She is just so tiny….

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21723473
• http://www.chop.edu/treatments/supraglottoplasty#.VX9DEBNViko

************************* UPDATE *************************

Lyra is out of surgery.  It went well, but she is on a breathing tube for now. We will be in the PICU for at least a day.