Living with ALS

pete46 (Feb 7, 2010 1:58:36 PM)
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pete46 (Feb 7, 2010 2:11:31 PM)
hi jim

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pete46 (Feb 7, 2010 2:24:05 PM)
hi jim, i have to leave going to sons to watch super bowl

Jim_VA (Feb 7, 2010 2:27:19 PM)
hi pete

pete46 (Feb 7, 2010 2:27:36 PM)
i'll talk tomorwo

RavenP99 (Feb 7, 2010 2:31:18 PM)
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RavenP99 (Feb 7, 2010 2:31:33 PM)
hi guys

Jim_VA (Feb 7, 2010 2:31:44 PM)
have s great time

pete46 (Feb 7, 2010 2:31:51 PM)
just leaving raven

pete46 (Feb 7, 2010 2:31:54 PM)
bye

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westjlittle (Feb 7, 2010 4:30:31 PM)
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westjlittle (Feb 7, 2010 4:31:51 PM)
hi jim

Jim_VA (Feb 7, 2010 4:32:38 PM)
hi

westjlittle (Feb 7, 2010 4:33:17 PM)
still in hospial

westjlittle (Feb 7, 2010 4:33:51 PM)
on the wifi

Jim_VA (Feb 7, 2010 4:34:14 PM)
yes

Jim_VA (Feb 7, 2010 4:36:04 PM)
who is your caregiver

westjlittle (Feb 7, 2010 4:36:48 PM)
i need for you/Betty to email exactly ow you use the cough assisr

westjlittle (Feb 7, 2010 4:37:34 PM)
Im in LTC hospital

Jim_VA (Feb 7, 2010 4:37:39 PM)
no problem

westjlittle (Feb 7, 2010 4:40:44 PM)
do you use cough assist in addition to the' down the trach' suction?

Jim_VA (Feb 7, 2010 4:51:47 PM)
if you get an option for trach kits or new inner cannulas every day take the inner cannulas

Jim_VA (Feb 7, 2010 4:55:21 PM)
yes we run both if needed

Jim_VA (Feb 7, 2010 4:58:15 PM)
sometimes we squirt saline in the aitway

Jim_VA (Feb 7, 2010 5:01:05 PM)
are they hp to clean?

westjlittle (Feb 7, 2010 5:02:52 PM)
huh?

westjlittle (Feb 7, 2010 5:04:10 PM)
i find that suction alone is not getting it all

Jim_VA (Feb 7, 2010 5:06:07 PM)
hydrogen peroxide

westjlittle (Feb 7, 2010 5:06:37 PM)
i feel like something is there but suction wont get it even with salene

westjlittle (Feb 7, 2010 5:07:25 PM)
hp in lungs like salene?

Jim_VA (Feb 7, 2010 5:11:04 PM)
it might not be set right

Jim_VA (Feb 7, 2010 5:13:57 PM)
no hp down the airway

Jim_VA (Feb 7, 2010 5:18:19 PM)
only saline and albuteral

Jim_VA (Feb 7, 2010 5:22:11 PM)
are they giving you nebulizer treatments

Jim_VA (Feb 7, 2010 5:41:52 PM)
i will e-mail you my paper on the cough assist after the game

Jim_VA (Feb 7, 2010 5:44:53 PM)
take care ttyl

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