Monday, April 22, 2013

Pray for Tami

I would like to ask friends and family to pray for Tami tomorrow. She will be going into the hospital for an outpatient test. She will be knocked out and have a scope inserted into her esophagus. The procedure itself only takes ten minutes, but obviously administering anesthesia and the subsequent recovery when waking up will take much longer. She needs this test because she has been experiencing difficulty in swallowing for quite a while. Most of the time it is not a major problem, but she does require massive amounts of water to wash her food down. Meats have been causing considerable difficulty and she has been on a self-imposed soft diet for a while. Some days are worse than others and she decided it was time to get this checked out. She went to a GI doctor last week and after hearing Tami describe the problem, he ordered the scope of the esophagus. He was not overly concerned and said this is actually quite common with asthma patients (Tami is asthmatic). He said the esophagus is likely irritated by asthma medication and acid reflux. As a result of this irritation, scar tissue builds up over time and causes the esophagus to be unable to stretch. This constricting and inability to stretch (much like a clogged drain pipe that only allows a trickle of water to pass) only gets worse over time (much like a drain gradually gets more and more clogged) without treatment. I think it's called esophageal stricture, but I'm not certain. Anyway, please pray for Tami tomorrow at noon. I will post more tomorrow after she gets the results of the test. Thank you all in advance for your prayers.

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