Hi Nancy and Gloria,
Here's our update. We rushed over to see the Hopkins surgeon at short notice yesterday and he's fit Jack in for early surgery this Friday. He is going to have that procedure where they put a flexible scope up through the stomach and a scope down the throat at the same time and hopefully, they "meet" and he is able to dilate enough for Jack to be able to swallow. If the surgeon can only open a little, Jack will have to have a nose tube that does down the throat to keep it open and then in 3 weeks time he will have another esophageal dilation done locally to expand, followed by another dilation 3 weeks after that. That is option 2. Option 3, I don't even want to think about. He says if he can't get through and everything is completely shut then that means major surgery, opening up the throat and grafting a tube into his throat, etc, etc. Let's not even go there! Surgeon said in most cases he is able to have success with option 1, so I'm visualizing that's going to happen! I will let you know what happens.
Let me know how it goes with your husband, Gloria.
Pamela