Next Phase Of Treatment & Cousin Sharon
Greetings! We are a bit behind on posting an update as life has been quite eventful recently. Here is the latest... In our last couple of visits to Johns Hopkins we saw both the speech therapist and the endocrinologist. The speech therapist examined Marisa's vocal folds with a camera that is able to capture movements in slow motion. Within a matter of two weeks we saw tremendous improvement with the position of the vocal folds. They are nearly able to fully close and open on their own. At this point, there are still small leaks of air, but Marisa and I are thrilled! Both her capacity to speak and breathe are improving at the same time. Her voice is back almost 100%, she no longer has to take breaths between words, and we are celebrating that she has come so far! During Marisa's last appointment at Hopkins we also met up with Marisa's sister who traveled several hours to begin her thyroid cancer treatment with the same surgeon. Marisa is one of five siblings.