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Annette Hanna (nete1(AT)midamer.net)
Sat, 5 Oct 1996 23:05:57 -0500
> Heres a scenario for you all. I live with my parents and have nurses
>during
>> the day and my mother sleeps on a couch at night near my room. An
>intercom is
>> used but my mother has a slight hearing problem. Last night my tubing
>> detached itself and I found myself in respiratory distress and my mother
>did
>> not hear the vent alarms for a long time. Suffice it to say I thought I
>was
>> going to die. Is there anyone in a similar situation? Is there anyone who
>has
>> experienced a similar episode? What is a good way to prevent these
>> experiences?
I have never experienced the above mentioned situation...because I can put
the tube back onto the trach. I can imagine the fear and panic when this
happens, because occassionally I get really thick mucus clogged in the trach
tube. When this happens you feel like you are going to die. It doesn't
happen often, but when in does minutes seem like hours.
Annette Hanna
nete1(AT)midamer.net