Training to Take Leah Home

Here we are - we finally left Children's Hospital 5 months later and now at a rehab center just for us as parents to train on a home ventilator and a few weeks later actually get to take her home!

Earlier, I forgot to mention, she has a g-tube for feeding that she got while in the NICU and now she has a Trach for the ventilator.

First Day of training -

An overview of the LTV950 Home ventilator.
What to expect in the days to come and what we will be training for and doing. Preparing ourselves for the checklist of multiple things we have to know before we can take her home!

Just a few things we have to prove -

We have to demonstrate we that are capable of her trach care, as well as troubleshooting the ventilator.

Changing out the Trach
Suctioning sterile and inline
Keeping her stoma clean
Changing her Trach Ties

Prove we can do CPR along with all the medicine she receives throughout the day which it seems like she gets something every hour.

Once we complete their checklist - We can finally take our little girl home and start the healing process away from all the infected hospitals!