Results are In

All the test results are in for little Carter.  I have been having people calling wanting to know all the findings, so here it is for you all.  Do you like the bad news or the good news first?  I prefer the bad stuff first, so here we go:

CT (head)

- Right side of jaw smaller than left (No new news here, we knew that)

- Small chin (didn't need a fancy test for that)

- Open airway

- Adenoids are HUGE (have to have them removed)

CT (Chest with Contrast):  add on test after findings from scope

- Accessory bronchi going to right lung

- Have to make appointment with General Surgeon to discuss what this will mean for Carter

- My interpretation: Carter is just more special than we ever thought 

MRI

- Chiari 1 Malformation

- Flow of spinal fluid is being interrupted

- Have to make appointment with Neurosurgery to discuss what this will mean

- If you don't know what this is, Google will do wonders for you

Echo

- Perfect :)

- See, I told you there was good news!

Sleep Study 

- Apnea: 0.8 (That would be like nothing!)

- Lowest oxygen dropped was 83% for just a second

- Snoring noted (which could clear up once adenoids are removed)

- No longer needs to wear CPAP

- Best news was have had in a long time!

So there you have it.  When we scheduled Carter for all these studies, I was thinking we were just going to get information on how to improve his breathing at night.  I had this thought in the back of my head that we could find out something else unwanted, but that was all it was, just a thought.  So now that we have the information, we get to try and figure it all out.  

I love you dear Carter.  We will figure all this out, and hopefully it will just be a memory soon enough.  You are tougher than any person I know, and I know you will handle this like the champ you are.