Thank you very much! Your info about how to put the Passey-Muir
valve will be very helpful when I get it.
Blane
:-)
On Thu, 18 Sep 1997 00:40:57 -0400 (EDT) Cindysan13(AT)AOL.COM writes:
>In a message dated 97-09-17 21:39:12 EDT, you write:
>
><< However, I do have a question. Where do you put this valve?
> Does it fit in line? If so, where and how? (Sorry this was three
> questions!). Thanks! >>
>
>
>Dear Blane, A passy-muir doesn't look much bigger than the part of
>the trach
>adaptor that attaches to your circuit line. A passy-muir fits right
>into
>circuit somewhere between the trach adaptor and before the exhalation
>valve..
>It will stick out to far from your neck if you connect it right to the
>trach
>adaptor or the trach itself.
>Doe you take nebulizer treatments? That spot is good. Use O ring
>adpators
>to make it fit/
>I never like to undo the brown rubber flex tubing all the time, so I
>put an O
>ring inside that that will fit the passy-muir and also the
>nebulizer
>apparatus. The passy-muir that I have seen is blue-green in color
>and the
>part that connects closest to you smaller circle than the distal end
>of it.
> A passy-muir isn't much bigger than the middle knuckle of your
>middle
>finger.
>Good luck! Wish i could be there to help you. I love to figure
>out the
>best way to make circuits. sometimes you just have to have a
>respitory
>therapist bring out a bunch of stuff and see what will work. Cindy
>
>