Post surgical or treatment idea!
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Hi Kris
Don’t take it personal. I didn’t get a bottle to blow into in Edinburgh either and I never had pneumonia. I did have the “gasps” but just put that down to fear that I was going to feel some pain at the op site. Never happened of course, but the mind is a powerful thing.
Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year (to all of us).
Ron
Hi Kris … I had the ping pong ball doo-Hickey as well. But seeing how many bubbles you can blow sounds like more fun to me.
Have a Merry Christmas, You and the Family!
God Bless.
JeffGUm, now I am just feeling silly and a little neglected. Did the hospital in Edinburgh think me unworthy of such blowing games? Why was everyone else given such things and me not…is it a conspiracy? There I thought I was being helpful when all along I was just clueless. Seriously, glad to know it really does help.
Kris
Hi to all,
The device you are talking about is an incentive spirometer. Very important. I was a little troubled by the fact that my father wasn’t offered one initially during his 4 day stay at Mayo, until I asked. He had some problems breathing post anesthia. They do work to help prevent post-op pneumonia.
LanaI had a device with a ping pong ball in in tube and I was suppose to blow hard enough to hold it up at a certain level. Sounds like the same concept. I never got pneumonia either.
Hi Kris, they brought something similar in to Charlie after his resection at Chapel Hill. No water involved though. It looked kind of like a child’s toy. He would blow into it and make the ball inside a clear tube go to the top. They said it was to help with the same 2 things you said. He did it several times an hour. It must have helped because he never got pneumonia.
Carol
When I was in the hospital, the nurse brought me a bottle (about 1 liter size) filled half way with water and a large tube. I had to blow bubbles 10 times an hour-take as big a breath as possible and slowly blow. It was supposed to do two things-1)help prevent pneumonia and 2)help with lung capacity and strength after surgery and being on your back too long.
They did not do this in Edinburgh when I had my surgery and I had terrible “gasps” for about 4 months when my breath would catch. I wonder if this would have helped? It seemed to help with the pain of deep breathing after a day of doing it.Thought I would pass that along as I had not seen it before but it seems to help.
Kris
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