[tri-med] Re: Hayden


--> What do they think caused the bleeding? Coughing so
hard
> to broke
> a vessel?

  --I think his throat was just raw from all the
irritiation and coughing.It wasnt mass amounts of blood but
enough to be concerning.



> It can be a never ending story when they are congested.
> How does
> Hayden typically do with his secretions? Does he clear
> himself a
> lot? Kristina does a lot of the time. And then, those
> times you
> don't move fast enough she throws up. I think a lot of
> her
> throwing up is due to junk in her throat although she
> does have
> some reflux as well. We've been using Jude's suggestion
> of garlic
> drops - apparently it helps to relieve the congestion and
> also to
> increase the motility so the gi system speeds up a bit.
> 
> Kelly, what type of trach vent do you use? The kind that
> sticks
> out or the kind that looks like a barrel under the chin
> (I call
> it the Saint Bernard look)? I have some of the kind that
> stick
> out that we are not going to use if they would be of any
> help to
> you.
  

  --Hayden has a very powerful cough and is able to bring
up his secretions on his own. We maybe deep suction him
about 2-3 times a day if he needs it, but he usually
doesnt.
It sounds like the same scenario with Hayden and Kristina.
If they have gunk in there throats they gag and throw up
and the reflux just makes it easier to do so.

Hayden uses the thermovent that looks like the little
barrel..lol. We have tons of them. We get 30 a month i
think. We used to have a couple of the straight out ones
but his chin is so chubby now that they wont stay on. 

Thank you so much for asking Terre, and for thinking of us.

Kelly, mom to Hayden 3, PT-14q,16q

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