Today Heidi has had her trach for 3 months, and we went back to the specialists where she had it done, for a check up. All is fine, the skin is still a little loose around the stoma, but everything seems to be going according to plan! Little Heidi was the first to have this flesh-tunnel stoma fitted, there is nothing to compare her healing process to.
The last week has had a few set backs however: Being a pug she has a lot of spare skin about the neck area, this skin around the stoma has at times 'closed' over the hole, and with the presence of glue like mucus this made breathing very tricky for Heidi! We had to keep a very close eye on her, however within a few days she had learnt to cough her way out of the situation. We also think that perhaps some swelling may have occured, as she soon got over these wheezing attacks.
