Margaret, just because you make too much money to be eligible for medicaid does not mean you wont qualify for a DSCC waiver program. Tell me what state you...
Angie, I live in Florida can you tell me about this program because my nurses were telling me about respite care but when I asked my primary insurance about it...
My son is two yrs. old. He received his trach. in September. Its definitely been a learning experience. I do have a ques..He's constantly forming thick,...
Unfortunately I don't know a whole lot about Florida, but most private insurance companies will not give respite care usually it comes from the Medicaid. Alot...
Sarah, Sure you can have the trach care kits. I think I probably have over twenty of them. If your email you address to me I will send them to you or I live...
Sarah, How much oxygen and/or moisturized air is he getting? Sometimes when my son has been off his HAG for awhile, he starts getting thickish secretions....
Have you guys ever had a problem with your baby coughing up blood through their trach? My son did this and when we went to the doctor they seemed to think we...
Hey Sarah! We've had this problem a number of times, and it's always been one of two things: First, and most common: Tracheaitits - a genneral diffuse...
Hi Sarah, My son Matthew used to cough up blood alot when he had his trach. It was often from tracheitis, but on three occasions it required surgery before we...
There are only two things that cause that. One is suctioning too deep and the other is lack of humidity. Remember your nose and sinuses act as a filter and...
He isnt on oxygen (unless needed). He's on the trach humidifer at nite; its set at 40%. He wears a nose all the time. Should I put him on the humidifer all ...
Can you use a water based lubricant like surgilube or KY jelly to lubricate the trache during trache changes? My teaching packet says to use sterile saline...
My son is on humidified Oxygen during the day through a trach mask. to do this he has an oxygen concentrator and an air compressor. the air compressor delivers...
Yes, you can use a little bit of sterile water soluble lubricant. Sincerely, Cynthia Bissell Aaron's Tracheostomy Page www.tracheostomy.com ... From: aw82797...
Angela My son has been trached since birth , 18 months ago . His current trache is a cuff ( inflated baloon at the end to prevent air leaks) we were told NOT...
Thank you. My son is also 18 months old and has had his trache for two months now (but he was fighting and avoiding it for about 6 months prior to) Hunter's...
My 14mo son (trached 8 weeks ago following RSV & not able to be extubated ... to use surgilube to lubricate the trach when inserting. However, since he has a...
Margaret, I am so sorry to hear that your son has been in the hospital for so long. I know what that's like because hunter spent 24 weeks of last year in the...
hi my name is raven i have a 2 yr old son with a trach he has had his trach for a little over a year and a half there are always "ways" to make sure your...
hi me again just putting my two cents in who knows someone else might have already done this but here goes you mention that they told you you would only...
someone had written a post about their son not liking to be suctioned and was wondering if anyone else delt with that YES I DO Jonathan HATES and i do mean...
My fifteen month old daughter is having the first stage of her LTP Surgery due to subglottis stenosis on Monday with Dr. Cotton in Cincinnai. I am a wreck, ...
Jeanne, My son had the LTP. It was performed by one of Dr. Cotton's former students. I will tell you that it is a long hard surgery. Daniel had a couple of...
Jeanne: I've not had the experience of going all the way to an LTP, and hopefully will be able to avoid it, but I do have experience with one very important ...
Thank you so much Heather for your words of support. I really appreciate your honesty. Mel, I will look for you at the hospital. Best of luck. Jeanne...
hello. my name is candice and i have a son with a trach. he was born at 22 weeks weighing 1lb 2oz. due to complications he had to get a trach before leaving...
