Hi everyone, I'm new at this, so hopefully I'm sending this correctly. My son, Matthew, a 25-week twin, currently 14 months old chronologically, has tracheal ...
Lauren, Your son sounds alot like my son. Where are you located? We see some doctors in Cincinnati that are wonderful. Dr Robin Cotton (ENT) heads up a ...
Hello. My son, Jeshua, is now 13 months old. He had his trach since Aug. 2001. He was born at 28 weeks had alot of respiratory problems, suffered a stroke a...
Hi Lauren My name is Sabrina, and my son Jeshua had a problem with his airway as well. When the doctor first told me that my baby would be trached he took ...
Your child fights suctioning? my son is 9 months he now sticks his neck out when he needs to be suctioned but then he appears to have a really warped sence of...
It's not so much the suctioning as it is the changng. Some weeks it comes easy taking a trach out putting another in but other weeks that boy is coughing...
how often do you change it?We change Billys only every three to four weeks (except when he has been sick) He HATES it........Lately he has been grabbing the...
I change Jeshua's weekly, Lord knows he hates it. I remember last time we were in the hospital the Respiratory Therapist came in to help me change the trach,...
My daughter is 10 months old and she lifts up her chin and hold the suction tube before we start. I think it's good to keep the kids invulved in whats going on...
With Erin it took a few weeks to get her to settle down. The only advice I can give would be, To keep it fun. With Erin we start with a bath then get every...
With Jeshua he is already laughing and playing before I start and I tell him what I am about to do. He watches me get the stuff together, I put him on the...
how do you do nights? I am about an inch fro being a single parent as well....... I am so sick of the nurses fightig with each other and dragging me into to...
Mary you just be having a time with those people. And you're right that nurse gots to go. To me pets are just 4 legged children, if someone hurt my kitty, I...
Oh no. no no no no no. As soon as I touch him he got his hands on my hands trying to push me away. Oh no, I would never do that I dont want him to go in to...
I was at a wedding today a woman with sparkles all over that were falling off insisted she had to hold him I told her "He REALLY HATES to be held he...
Heather, Thanks for your reply. The Ph Probe did show that Matthew was refluxing alot, especially whenever he was sitting up. The timing of the airway ...
Stainless steel. I think that they are great. With baths you can wash his hair and the trach ties won't hold the water. Erin got a heat rash with the cloth...
In a message dated 7/15/2002 9:53:23 AM Central Daylight Time, ... Daniel was 13 months when he had a Thal (3/4 wrap) that was done open. He was 25 months...
Denise Jeshua insurance pays for his supplies, but yeah i want to know what site it is. Maybe I might find something that home care can order for me. And I...
WWW.Tracheostomy.com And then go to trach changes, then go to the bottem of that page and you'll see a picture of the chains just click the link under the...
My daughter has insurance but they won't cover the chain ties. Her insurance is through the state,so they said the chain ties where not covered. Just dumb, I...
THANKS FOR THE SITE DENISE I WIL CHECK IT OUT. I CANT BELIEVE THE INS WONT PAY FOR THE CHAINS THATS CRAZY. I GUESS I BETTER MAKE SURETHIS STATE INS WILL PAY...
my state insurance only pays for 5 regular tyes a month.....Thank god every one at the hospital knows this they always load us up on them every time we are...
Pulmonary sugested I try the chains, they worl more with Jeshua than any of the other departments. I haven't discussed it with ENT though. ... Do You Yahoo!? ...
