suction

I recently purchased a DeVibliss suction machine to help with controlling my mucus. It works well, but the tube has no tip. Both ends of the tube are for connection to something else. I called the company, but got nowhere. I want to be able to go down my throat a bit, What I did was to cut...

We need to purchase a generator for a/c, refrigerators, and Steves 2 trilogies, suction, and cough assist. Anyone know if grants are available? Thanks, Steph

Hello All, We're planning a move home for my mother. She's currently at a nursing home. The nursing home can't/won't keep up with her needs, and we can't afford to pay them AND pay a private caretaker to be by her side at the nursing home. So, we're planning to take her home for care...

Hi guys, I'm not feeling real great today, so I probably shouldn't be trying to write this now. But it's been an ongoing problem and I at least wanted to begin to Get it out there. I have been going thru a 210 count box of Kleenex every day for Months due to the Excess Saliva that collects in...

My heart is breaking. Hospice was a disaster. They wanted to take her Trilogy, suction and nuedexta. I couldn't let that happen, as those are comfort items for her, imo, so I sent them away and started to look for another group that would keep the trilogy. She aspirated yesterday while...

My PALS (bulbar palsy, PEG, no food or drink by mouth) got his Devilbiss suction machine a few months ago, tried it a couple of times and decided spitting was more efficient. He's been spitting/wiping ever since and struggling with thick, pasty phlegm however he can. We had the technician come...

I am still very new to this forum, my mother was only diagnosed three weeks ago and given less than 6 months to live, but in this time I will like we have been dealing with this forever. Watching the strong woman that I know struggle to swallow and breath. But we do have good days. We actually...

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Home again after 12 days in the hospital. Eveything went well. Had first trache cange, that was hard. But I survived. Got spoiled by hospital, plus trusty suction device blew up at 5: 00 Friday afternoon. Our new resp. group brought a portable one out. My father in law, and his dad in law...

We need help, answers, or suggestions! Mom is having difficulty at night when we get ready for bed, she is fine during the day and does not require a lot of suction on most days and even right before bed she is fine. However as soon as we lay day she is wanting to be suctioned every 2 to 5...