News from the Bronchoscopy

Well Elijah underwent a bronchoscopy this morning to determine if his tracheomalacia was better or worse. He still has the compression at the surgery site and one on the front where the aorta pushes on it. They have said the only way to fix this will be surgery...an aortopexy. This is they will go between his ribs and stitch the aorta (one of the vessels) to his chest wall away from the soft area of the trachea. This will more than likely stop him from having these "episodes". We thought this was the case but all the docs wanted to cover all their bases before we go the next surgery route. He is having an atypical presentation of tracheomalacia, which had the dr.'s stumped for a couple of days. But to tell you the truth it didn't stump mom or dad. Just remember you know your child better than anyone and you are their voice in life.
Please pray that when the surgery happens that it will go smoothly and it will be successful. We pray that it is the correct surgical staff, correct dr., etc. in the room the day of the surgery. We want it to be all in God's plan. Thank you for you r prayers that have brought us this far and will continue to get us to the end of our journey. This is a food for thought verse for any of you who may be experiencing a trial or just need a pick me up:
Romans 5: 3-5
Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that sufffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disapoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

Praise God that our sufferings are not in vain, just like his suffering for us was not in vain. I pray that when you face a trial in your life you stare God in the face on your knees instead on focusing on the situation, which can only bring heartache and disappointment. We will keep you updated when surgery is scheduled.

Thanks.
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