After The Procedure 17 Days “I Hear You!”
Willie is doing really well. His voice is back and he can even yell. The procedure (laryngoscopy with vocal cord augmentation on 3/18) really worked! We were skeptical for a couple days after, where he wasn’t supposed to talk. He tested that and his voice wasn’t great for a few days to a week after the procedure. However, over the coarse of two weeks his voice slowly got stronger, better, and you can actually HEAR him. We are both relieved. It has been 5 long months with that hoarse whisper and the aspiration when he drinks water and liquids. What a relief 👆🏻This is him sitting out on the sun yesterday ☀️. With the nicer weather and him feeling better, he has been out working in the yard, fixing sprinkler pipes, planting landscape trees, and all the other things he likes to do. His stamina is building. He is eating so much better now. Sometimes he forgets not to eat too much and he pays for that by pain and need...