Successful Esophagus dilatation

Naptime hair - messy!

Lucy's endoscopy and dilation on Thursday were again successful.  She had something stuck at the surgical site scar tissue area and her esophagus as a whole had closed up quite a bit again, very likely due to the irritation caused by whatever was in her throat.  I have no idea what it was (the doctor wasn't sure either, he thought it looked like a small piece of meat, perhaps?), but am not surprised, as we just got back from vacation and she will pick up ANYTHING and try to eat it!  Thankfully at home, she is less likely to eat things that she can't get down.

We are back to the 3 week schedule for these things (boo!) and talked a little with the doctors about if there are any other options for correcting the issue (like a one-time lasering of the scar tissue ridge, which we have read about).  They really feel like that would be too traumatic for her site, since it is such delicate tissue.  So, we have to decide if we want to pursue a second opinion on that or wait and continue with this course of action.

She is doing SO much better, especially at eating.  She is back to her happy, giggling, full of life self, which is a huge relief for Jason and I.  So, we are back to enjoying one last stretch of summer weather before fall comes!

Before I close, Lucy wants to type something to you all (I think she may have broken my zero key, haha!!):  
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Lucy's first frozen yogurt - loved it!