Life at Home with a Trach
There is no road map when the diagnosis is so rare.
The mother of a son with a rare genetic condition reflects on her son’s path to getting a feeding tube and a tracheostomy before they had a diagnosis. She expresses that his care teams were important in teaching them how to care for their son who now had a trach and a vent.
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There is no road map when the diagnosis is so rare.
Nursing: Sacrificing some control, we had to expand our village.
Tracheostomy: It’s a big decision. What will be the impact on the family?
Tracheostomy and Decannulation: Reassessing benefit over time
A nurse: The hardest part about caring for a child at home with a trach is that it’s 24/7
We’ve had some scary moments with the trach.
I did not want to isolate him. He loves school.
Moving through the initial scariness, you can be trained.
When he wants to do something, you just want to move heaven and earth.
I wonder if I project my own feelings on to him.
You can still find a place for the vent and do fun things.
He's doing great. He's fantastic, even if his normal is terrible.