Well it was back to the drawing board for fitting Don's breathing machine and after just getting over surgery for his peg tube he had to go back to hospital to stay over night to be fitted for a AVAP BIPAP as the one he was using was not doing the job, actually due to his throat closing the bipap he was using was making him feel like he was being choked, NOT GOOD.
So he came home with a new breathing machine and even though better than the other one the two masks provided still feel like they do not fit well but Don is using it at least 4 hours a night and that is way better than his usage with his last machine, his new nickname is "DARTH VADER" !
I think we will have to call the avap support and get this darn machine figured out.
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Sunday, May 15, 2011
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