[tri-med] Re: question about vomiting

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From: "Jennifer Vanderbeek"
>>She used to gag a LOT more than she does now,
> and I think it wasn't a physical problem, it was for attention.

Oh YES!!!
Alex was the same - master manipulator. He could throw up at will, gag and
retch whenever he wanted someone and also set of all his machines. He could
even make them go off straight into panic mode (there is one kind of alarm
on his machine for "check there is a problem" and another for "panic there
is no pulse/breathing or whatever)

We fixed it mainly by not responding - if he gagged I would watch and make
sure he was getting enough air and not in immediate danger - but I stopped
running straight to him and started saying well when you stop I will come.

Actually he's still the same......... has us all wrapped around his little
finger :-)

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~Ghandi~

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