[tri-med] Re: Pneumonia

Oops-forgot to give you the website...sorry!

http://www.tracheostomy.com

The trach board is under the networking section on the top.

Katie 
Mom to Mitchell t13mosaic

On 5/17/07 10:03 AM, "Moe Taha" <taham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I need some help in making a decision regarding Nejoud's condition. Your help
> and past experiance is really appriciated and will help me a great deal. Her
> it
> goes:
> 
> Nejoud has been in the Hospital for the last 10-days. She developed pneumonia
> once again. This time she did not respond to the antibiotic treatment
> (3-types)for the last 7-days. They did a Broncoscopy this morning and
> discovered that her vocal cords are not normal (not functioning properly) and
> also her airway muscle to be weak. They will do a lung and airway CT Scan
> today
> to get a better picture.
> 
> The doctors are telling me that she may need to have a Tracheostomy to help
> with
> her breating and reduce the re occurance of pneumonia.  They added that this
> procedure may cause more infections in the future. So it seems like you
> replace
> a problem with another.
> 
> Did anyone have any similar situation? Any kid with this procedure done and
> what
> are the results? Please feel free to express your thoughts on the subject.
> Thank
> you very much.
> --
> moe (dad), Rana (mom), Hamzeh (big brother) and Sweet Nejoud (T-18, Born
> 4/4/2006)
> 
> 
> 
> 
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