Re: Family Match Needed Trach in Childhood
Edward R. Dobie, Jr. (edobie(AT)monroe.lib.mi.us)
Thu, 6 Mar 1997 01:52:52 -0500
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> From: Joanne Kocourek <jskocour(AT)midway.uchicago.edu>
> To: our-kids(AT)MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU vanderlaanM(AT)hartwick.edu
vstefans(AT)oz.ach.uams.edu vent-users(AT)eskimo.com rowley(AT)waisman.wisc.edu
mums(AT)netnet.net
> Subject: Family Match Needed Trach in Childhood
> Date: Monday, March 03, 1997 2:41 PM
>
> I have received an urgent request for a family (actually child) match.
> Does anyone know of a child that required a tracheostomy at the age of 7
or
> 8. It is very important that the child be cognitively intact/functional
> and be willing to communicate with a child that is facing having a
> tracheostomy in the very near future. I know of children/young adults
that
> have been trached as infants and teens but none at 7-8 years. In this
case
> the trach would be capped during the day.
>
> This family does not have internet access. If you know of any child who
> would be willing to speak with this child, please obtain parental
> permission and forward the contact information via post to me. I will
then
> fax the information to the pulmonologist/intensivist who is working with
> the child. The physician is hoping to establish child to child contact
> ASAP.
>
> Thank you for your assistance.
>
>
> Joanne Kocourek
> The University of Chicago
> jskocour(AT)midway.uchicago.edu
>
>
Joanne,
I'm the father of Jill Dobie who is currently 15. She was a victim of an
auto accident Thanksgiving 1989. She received a C1 injury that left her a
complete quadriplegic and ventilator dependent. She was eight years old at
the time.