DRT I would like to start by saying that I’m glad that I made the decision to continue to fight this horrible disease by getting a trach. A few of my friends (PALS-People with ALS) when confronted with the inability to breathe, decide to hang it up. I choose to LIVE! WATER MANAGEMENT Every time you come, do water management on both vent tube at 11 AM and 7 PM. The key points are: Empty both tubes of excess water. Always empty water AWAY from me, NOT into me. Remove clear tube from PEEP valve and drain water into wash cloth. NEVER allow the PEEP valve to get wet. Separate the white tube from the peep valve. Don’t twist the peep valve. Hold the white tube in two places, up by my belly and down by the peep valve. Pull hard on the white tube while holding the other end that will empty the water out. Do it twice. The blue tube is different. Tap the blue tube starting up at my chest and continue down to the bottom. Never pull the blue tube because of the wires. Carefully d
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