She had a thyroidectomy d/t congenital hypothyroidism and a tsh in the 800's. She had complications from the surgery that caused both vocal cord to be paralyzed shut. They had to trach her to give her an airway. We had tried having them injected with no success. Then she had a phrenic nerve graft which helped a little. She chose to have one surgically removed to get the trach out. This all started when she was 15. She had her trach for five years.<br />