jeremiah's cough

February 19, 2003

Well, this certainly isn't a cough he has ever had before on TOBI. He has

been coughing at night, we do second TOBI at 3, and coughing all day.

Usually he only coughs around treatments. Now he has hidden his " thumpers "

and can't remember whre he put them, so cpt will be harder for him. I'll

have to resort to my hands and he doesn't like that any more than the

" thumpers " . Thank you to all that replied to my last post. The problem I was

trying to address was that he started coughing the morning of his first

treatment, BEFORE treatment. So completely unexplainable.

On the nebulizer issue.......... The reason I said they shouldn't be boiled

was because we just had to eplace our neb cups and mask. We have never

boiled the cups, but they had become brittle and broke. The medical supply

place, a home health supplier, told us that boiling was a NO-NO. I told her

we don't do it. It's just the plastic eventually breaks down. On the new

ones we got it says to wash in HOT water with non-lemon scented dish washing

liquid. Why non-lemon I don't know, but that is what it says. Below is the

same question posed to the PARI Nebulizer company.

What is the best way to clean and disinfect my PARI Nebulizer?

Cleaning: After every treatment, thoroughly rinse the nebulizer to remove

medication. Hand-wash with warm water and dish soap. Rinse thoroughly.

OR...Wash in the dishwasher using a dishwasher basket on the top rack.

Disinfecting: (done after cleaning) Every 2nd treatment day, mix a solution

of 1 part distilled white vinegar and 3 parts warm tap water in a clean

bowl. Soak the nebulizer parts (except the tubing and tubing adapter) for 30

minutes. Rinse thoroughly. OR...Mix a solution using Control III® Nebulizer

Disinfectant and soak for 10 minutes. Rinse thoroughly. OR...Boil the

nebulizer parts for 10 minutes

But like I said and from experience, boiling shortens the life of the

plastic.

mom to 3wcf and Brenna 7wocf

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