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.
My pug, Lola, had a permanent trach in August. She had to endure a second surgery to remove neck fat, since the hole was closing. Wish I had seen ur site. I searched the net & found very little . Lola has recuperated well and other than the fact that she has a "silent" bark and is able to prpel mucus across the room, she has returned to her diva self!!
ReplyDeleteHi Gerry, sorry for such a long delay in replying/putting your comment up....been very busy with Heidi. I've logged on after a long time off as we have had some progress with her stoma: I will post a new page about our progress soon. Love to Lola xxx
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