First Cincinnati Trip

From FB:   We are back from Emma's first appointment with a specialist. She was seen this morning by a voice doctor and an SLP. He performed two scopes of her throat, having her speak, drink, and eat while watching how her false vocal folds react. She did an amazing job and followed directions very well. It was uncomfortable enough that she had tears rolling down her face but she still participated fully and with a positive attitude!  
We were unable to fly home today as there were thunderstorms in the region. We were going to leave the van there to use next week, and fly down again on Monday for her upcoming appointments. She meets next week with 5 more specialists who are going to perform outpatient and inpatient testing. When we are done with these appointments we will have a treatment and surgical plan and be on the schedule for her first “big” surgery.

The hotel was right next to I-75 and it was very loud there due to the heavy traffic. I had a restless night caused by the noise and worrying about oversleeping for her 7:45am arrival at the hospital. We ended up taking an unplanned tour of Cincinnati on the way to the hospital, we saw a few very quaint neighborhoods! Fortunately, I had allowed an extra 15 minutes just in case.

Thank you all for your support of our precious Bean, she is a blessing to us all and after her continual struggles is primed to do amazing things in her life!