Re: 8.5 month old with a helmet and oxygen cannula?

[Guest guest]

Sorry I can't answer your question but what are Tender Grip stickers and where to you get them? My 3 month old has to wear an oxygen cannula 24/7 and the best tape we've found is Hypafix but it's pretty expensive and still doesn't always stay on that well.

As far as your question, I can only speculate since my 16 month old had a DocBand and my 3 month old has a cannula. So based on the knowledge of how both of those look, I imagine it will still work because the face and cheeks are still free. Maybe the helmet will push on the cannula tubing that goes around the back of the head but if you have the cannula trailing out the back/bottom of the helmet at the nape of the neck, it should be fine. The helmet isn't supposed to be super tight anyway so there may be enough room for the tubing. If the orthotist says the cannula tubing in the helmet will get in the way of the treatment (it might because when our baby's head bled and we asked if we could put a bandaid on, she said even that thin bandaid will alter the treatment), I think you can position the tubing so that it does not go over the ears but instead goes straight down right before the ears, down past the back of the jaw, and then down the back of his neck down toward his shoulders. That way none of it is in the helmet. I wish I could draw what I mean for you.

[Guest guest]

First, a disclaimer - I have never heard of an oxygen cannula till now. But I

googled it and it seems you don't want it to go under the band because that

would restrict the flow. Maybe you can stick it to the " sideburn " area of the

band itself. Then it would hang down in front of the band then go around the

back. Maybe you can get a doctor or nurse familiar with the cannula to look at

the positioning before you start wearing the band to make sure it looks fine to

them.

-christine

sydney, 5 yrs, starband grad

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> Sorry I can't answer your question but what are Tender Grip stickers and

where to you get them? My 3 month old has to wear an oxygen cannula 24/7 and the

best tape we've found is Hypafix but it's pretty expensive and still doesn't

always stay on that well.

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> As far as your question, I can only speculate since my 16 month old had a

DocBand and my 3 month old has a cannula. So based on the knowledge of how both

of those look, I imagine it will still work because the face and cheeks are

still free. Maybe the helmet will push on the cannula tubing that goes around

the back of the head but if you have the cannula trailing out the back/bottom of

the helmet at the nape of the neck, it should be fine. The helmet isn't supposed

to be super tight anyway so there may be enough room for the tubing. If the

orthotist says the cannula tubing in the helmet will get in the way of the

treatment (it might because when our baby's head bled and we asked if we could

put a bandaid on, she said even that thin bandaid will alter the treatment), I

think you can position the tubing so that it does not go over the ears but

instead goes straight down right before the ears, down past the back of the jaw,

and then down the back of his neck down toward his shoulders. That way none of

it is in the helmet. I wish I could draw what I mean for you.

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[Guest guest]

Tender Grips are little round tan stickers that hold the cannula in place. They

have a clear tab on the front that you pull up and stick the tubing to then put

the tab back down. They are amazing We get them through his oxygen provider.

That's kind of what I was thinking too, but from what the orthotist said I was

under the impression that most of his forehead and cheeks will be covered by the

helmet. She thought that we would have to attach the cannula to the helmet

somehow instead of putting his stickers on his cheeks...

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> Sorry I can't answer your question but what are Tender Grip stickers and

where to you get them? My 3 month old has to wear an oxygen cannula 24/7 and the

best tape we've found is Hypafix but it's pretty expensive and still doesn't

always stay on that well.

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> As far as your question, I can only speculate since my 16 month old had a

DocBand and my 3 month old has a cannula. So based on the knowledge of how both

of those look, I imagine it will still work because the face and cheeks are

still free. Maybe the helmet will push on the cannula tubing that goes around

the back of the head but if you have the cannula trailing out the back/bottom of

the helmet at the nape of the neck, it should be fine. The helmet isn't supposed

to be super tight anyway so there may be enough room for the tubing. If the

orthotist says the cannula tubing in the helmet will get in the way of the

treatment (it might because when our baby's head bled and we asked if we could

put a bandaid on, she said even that thin bandaid will alter the treatment), I

think you can position the tubing so that it does not go over the ears but

instead goes straight down right before the ears, down past the back of the jaw,

and then down the back of his neck down toward his shoulders. That way none of

it is in the helmet. I wish I could draw what I mean for you.

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[Guest guest]

That's what the orthotist was thinking. I just can't visualize how it will work

because I can't think of how the helmet looked when they showed me one. I

googled it, but I can't find a pic of a Hanger band for some reason. Thank you

for your response

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> > Sorry I can't answer your question but what are Tender Grip stickers and

where to you get them? My 3 month old has to wear an oxygen cannula 24/7 and the

best tape we've found is Hypafix but it's pretty expensive and still doesn't

always stay on that well.

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> > As far as your question, I can only speculate since my 16 month old had a

DocBand and my 3 month old has a cannula. So based on the knowledge of how both

of those look, I imagine it will still work because the face and cheeks are

still free. Maybe the helmet will push on the cannula tubing that goes around

the back of the head but if you have the cannula trailing out the back/bottom of

the helmet at the nape of the neck, it should be fine. The helmet isn't supposed

to be super tight anyway so there may be enough room for the tubing. If the

orthotist says the cannula tubing in the helmet will get in the way of the

treatment (it might because when our baby's head bled and we asked if we could

put a bandaid on, she said even that thin bandaid will alter the treatment), I

think you can position the tubing so that it does not go over the ears but

instead goes straight down right before the ears, down past the back of the jaw,

and then down the back of his neck down toward his shoulders. That way none of

it is in the helmet. I wish I could draw what I mean for you.

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