Tracheotomy. OH MY!

[masonsmomma1214]

It all started with a sneeze and then a cough and then a wheeze! Yesterday mason recieved a tracheotomy due to respiratory failure from a cold, also known as the rino virus. He is doing fabulous. It was really scary to hear the doctor say it could go really good or really bad. I thought oh goodness, here we go again. I never thought I would be back in this hospital to stay. Our ENT said that we could bank on being here for about a month or two. woohoo! I'm trying to stay positive. It's not as bad as i thought it was going to be or going to look or how hard it would be. Mason is breathing one hundred times better and this will give his airway a chance to really grow!!! GO AIRWAY, GROW! I will keep updates, I might just close my eyes in this horrible, i mean comfortable chair in his room and take a nap!!

[roses4me777]

Sep. 3, 2008 at 12:18 PM

Blessings, sometimes the hospitals do become our home away from home, on that i can truely sympathize, zach has had us in and out of hospitals for soo long. prayers going up to you and Mason!!

[ghfreak]

Sep. 3, 2008 at 3:58 PM

im sending prayers to all of you!

[babye113]

Sep. 5, 2008 at 9:05 PM

well my baby has been trached since 3 months do to scare tissue. its not as bad as it looks. you do get use to it. if you need to talk just stop by my page or email me . their are lots of web site that you can join. so stay possitve.

 

mason is getting very big. he is so cute.   good luck

[tvschiulaz]

Sep. 10, 2008 at 1:38 PM

Hi there:  My daughter was trached at 4 years old; she is now 7 and living life (going to school, etc.) with the trach.  Our goal is to have it removed next  year, since we have back problems to deal with first.

But I digress, it is amazing how one hears tracheotomy and freaks out; and then when one sees their child with the pink cheeks and smiles, one wonders what was the big deal?  Hey, surgery is surgery and I get it.

In a million years I never thought I would say that the trach was a good thing; but it is!  It changed our lives forever.  I am sure that Mason will grow grow grow and become a strong little man.

Take care,

Vicky