Josiah is recovering

Thank you everyone for thinking of and praying for us. I asked Aaron to write up an update because I am so tired! Here's what he wrote:

Our Special Little Man in Kansas City
I’m typing this next to Josiah’s hospital bed at Children’s Mercy in KC. He’s working his way through a bumpy recovery from throat surgery earlier today. His throat was scoped and they found that his epiglottis has excess tissue on both the forward and back flaps and the airway opening was a little small. Together those things combined to restrict his wind pipe, cause labored breathing and a provide a real challenge to feed while laying on his back. Unfortunately the doctor said he can’t remove the tissue on the forward side of the opening which is the flap that is “flapping” shut voluntarily when he’s on his back. Nonetheless he made an incision to increase the size of the opening and remove extra tissue from the back flap. The doctor estimates a 30% chance this will solve his breathing problems. We’re hopeful he’ll be improved enough that we can proceed with the closed reduction procedure for his hip dysplasia within the next 6 weeks. Currently he only eats well on his side and that isn’t going to work with the cast for his hips.

Through all this today we are still left praising God. He protected Josiah from getting a cold even through his sister is just finishing up a nasty cold/cough, that Sarah is also currently in the midst of, and he could easily have gotten sick. Also, it turned out that he didn't need a breating tube! Right now, doctors are working to figure out how to best manage his acid reflux.