"Dry" versus "Thick" and when to use saline? - Page 2

saywhatyouwill · #11 10-24-2008, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Ainsley's Mom

I think if you find the PMV dries him out you could just add a few drops of saline throughout the day and problem solved. I think if he "sounds" dry then that's too dry. Hope that makes sense.

personally, if dryness is the only problem then i would go with mist rather than saline.

KJKK8437 · #12 10-24-2008, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by saywhatyouwill

personally, if dryness is the only problem then i would go with mist rather than saline.

How would you do that, if you were me? I can't imagine putting an active toddler in his room to use the humidifier a few times a day. I'm not terribly comfortable with the idea of saline, though, either. We use mist at night, and if it seems too bad, we switch to an HME for an hour, but that makes him mad.

I'm not trying to be argumentative. I don't know that we have a problem brewing, but I sure don't want to create one if I can prevent it.

saywhatyouwill · #13 10-24-2008, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by KJKK8437

How would you do that, if you were me? I can't imagine putting an active toddler in his room to use the humidifier a few times a day. I'm not terribly comfortable with the idea of saline, though, either. We use mist at night, and if it seems too bad, we switch to an HME for an hour, but that makes him mad.

I'm not trying to be argumentative. I don't know that we have a problem brewing, but I sure don't want to create one if I can prevent it.

well, you may have noticed that i know very little, if slightly more than nothing :-)
we turn the mist up so high that we only have to keep emily underneath it for a matter of minutes for it to have an effect. we had the same problem that you refer to - humidifier in her bedroom - so we switched to a very small and portable one that was very cheap but very effective.

ps did my earlier post sound cheeky? i didn't mean it to in any way at all!

KJKK8437 · #14 10-24-2008, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by saywhatyouwill

well, you may have noticed that i know very little, if slightly more than nothing :-)
we turn the mist up so high that we only have to keep emily underneath it for a matter of minutes for it to have an effect. we had the same problem that you refer to - humidifier in her bedroom - so we switched to a very small and portable one that was very cheap but very effective.

ps did my earlier post sound cheeky? i didn't mean it to in any way at all!

There was nothing wrong with your prior post! I'm sorry if I sounded otherwise. I think I remember something -- you don't have a trach-collar humidifier, do you? You just use a room humidifier? Is that right?

saywhatyouwill · #15 10-27-2008, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by KJKK8437

There was nothing wrong with your prior post! I'm sorry if I sounded otherwise. I think I remember something -- you don't have a trach-collar humidifier, do you? You just use a room humidifier? Is that right?

yeah - it blows the mist directly at her. if you hold her right up to it i think it's comparable with the mist collar.

saywhatyouwill · #16 10-28-2008, 03:42 AM

DRY VERSUS CHEWING GUM!!!!

emily's secretions have been rotten this week. as soon as i walked into nursery yesterday i could hear she was all blocked up. the staff seemed oblivious. last night i was getting up lumps that looked like chewing gum (big, big lumps) and hard little dried up bits. was gross. the humidifier didnt' seem to be helping at all. so we are picking up our nebuliser this afternoon and hope that it will improve things.