See-saw respirations...man, I could never be an OB nurse. It breaks my heart just to see this baby going through all that trouble. God bless all those people who can do that job for real!
You can see the little guy is compensating his breathing with his chest muscles. For infants most of the movement should be lower chest and abdomen. The sucking in of the sternum shows that his breathing is distressed. Most of the time you can't get away with inserting an OPA while they are conscious due to the gag reflex. So this baby is completely unconscious I'm assuming. Pretty scary stuff. Any other info on what happened? Did he make it?
:( its so sad when babies come into this world sick or w/ health problems it really breaks my heart bkuz theyre suppossed to be happy and love life not feel suffering and confusion of why theyre in pain ;( God bless all and this baby i hope hes better
My son was diagnose with Bilateral VocalCord Paralysis also...Since he was born 12/18/2008 i have yet to come across another infant with the same diagnoses. How is the baby doing??And have the baby's doctor find a cause for it yet??Please Respond.
My daughter had the exact sounds and chest retractions at birth. She was diagnosed with reflux and sent home on meds. I wish I would have seen this years ago and taken steps to see a specialist. I was terrifed to feed my child because of the choking sounds. Putting her to sleep was horrifying due to the fear she would stop breathing. As difficult as this is to watch it is helpful to parents such as myself. How often does this require surgery?
My daughter has it still, and she is 21 months old. When she is 2, she will have her fourth surgery for it. It is so scary, I can honestly say I know what you are going through. God Bless.
My son has congential Tracheomalacia. He too had a stridor until he was 3. He had retractions when he was sick; 1RSV,6Bronchitis, 6Pneumonia, 15Croups. I joined a support group on yahoo called LMTM_Babies. It's a lot of help.
bissells, i am surprised to see that someone elses child had vocal paralysis, that is what my baby was born with. she has a trec and a stomach tube still she is making so much progress things are really coming along with her but it is nice to hear of people going through the same things as.
i have croup lower case of this its easy to treat just take something called predinsone or something like that it helps me Stridor is bad tho pretty sure it cant kill
hello! i have a 3 month old daughter too who was born with a stridor...and now she has a trach in her too..she was born with subglottic stenosis and with no options she was requried to have a tracheostomy..
Howdy quatershack......my son was seconds away from a trech, his issues were intubation and extubation 7 times in 4 months. This was 21 years ago, he was able to be treated by Dr. Robin Cotten at Cinncinatti Childrens Hosp. You might want to look him up. I`m sure he`s still praticing.
My son also has a stridor sound and laryngomalacia. It seems to be improving, he is 10 weeks now. Also had cyanisos the first week he was born, spent 7 days in the NICU.
Thanks for posting this, for us to learn and hopefully help many babies.
kentadmirali 5 days ago
See-saw respirations...man, I could never be an OB nurse. It breaks my heart just to see this baby going through all that trouble. God bless all those people who can do that job for real!
RobertAvirett 1 week ago
You can see the little guy is compensating his breathing with his chest muscles. For infants most of the movement should be lower chest and abdomen. The sucking in of the sternum shows that his breathing is distressed. Most of the time you can't get away with inserting an OPA while they are conscious due to the gag reflex. So this baby is completely unconscious I'm assuming. Pretty scary stuff. Any other info on what happened? Did he make it?
Tesseract1976 6 months ago in playlist Medical
Im In School To Be A Respiratory Therapists. Hopefully I Become Good Enough To Assist With The Neonate Care
unkostan 8 months ago
So very hard to listen to. =( Looking up breathing patterns for my EMT course. Poor little guy...thank you for putting this video up
LadyAliara 1 year ago
aw poor thing hope he feels better
Aquahorseify 1 year ago
aw
Aquahorseify 1 year ago
:( its so sad when babies come into this world sick or w/ health problems it really breaks my heart bkuz theyre suppossed to be happy and love life not feel suffering and confusion of why theyre in pain ;( God bless all and this baby i hope hes better
CUtELiLBRAt90 1 year ago
poor thing :( hope he feels better now
legolas08lee 1 year ago
god bless him.. i hope he has gotten better
SyokkahwinTV 1 year ago
my baby has the same thing.. poor babies...
lizethsias 1 year ago
@malabuxbarbie No, it's not painful, just a lot of work to breathe. This takes energy away from growing and thriving.
bissells 1 year ago
My son was diagnose with Bilateral VocalCord Paralysis also...Since he was born 12/18/2008 i have yet to come across another infant with the same diagnoses. How is the baby doing??And have the baby's doctor find a cause for it yet??Please Respond.
aznsensation931 1 year ago
@aznsensation931 VocalCord paralysis is a fairly common reason for a tracheostomy.
bissells 1 year ago
My daughter had the exact sounds and chest retractions at birth. She was diagnosed with reflux and sent home on meds. I wish I would have seen this years ago and taken steps to see a specialist. I was terrifed to feed my child because of the choking sounds. Putting her to sleep was horrifying due to the fear she would stop breathing. As difficult as this is to watch it is helpful to parents such as myself. How often does this require surgery?
shetley0909 2 years ago 2
Depends on the reason for the distress.
bissells 2 years ago
My daughter has it still, and she is 21 months old. When she is 2, she will have her fourth surgery for it. It is so scary, I can honestly say I know what you are going through. God Bless.
Vecellio77 2 years ago
I just want to cuddle that sick little baby, and comfort the baby who is so cute!
mylovesofmylife 2 years ago 2
poor little thing :(
ljbnhuiofabaibciasb 2 years ago 2
My son has congential Tracheomalacia. He too had a stridor until he was 3. He had retractions when he was sick; 1RSV,6Bronchitis, 6Pneumonia, 15Croups. I joined a support group on yahoo called LMTM_Babies. It's a lot of help.
Huntersmom38 2 years ago
i cry
ssaarraa96 3 years ago
GOD BLESS.
HE IS A FIGHTER.
1992peter 3 years ago 8
Hey! I work in NICU, was the baby trached? I hope she is doing better.
EASTis2theWEST 3 years ago
Yes, trach due to vocal cord paralysis.
bissells 3 years ago
bissells, i am surprised to see that someone elses child had vocal paralysis, that is what my baby was born with. she has a trec and a stomach tube still she is making so much progress things are really coming along with her but it is nice to hear of people going through the same things as.
i cry when i see this stuff..........
mvalerie60 2 years ago 2
i have croup lower case of this its easy to treat just take something called predinsone or something like that it helps me Stridor is bad tho pretty sure it cant kill
Avalanchehockey18 4 years ago
Predinsone would not help in this case. The child has paralyzed vocal cords and needed a tracheostomy.
bissells 3 years ago
Only if the airway becomes too occluded
cranbrook 2 years ago
hello! i have a 3 month old daughter too who was born with a stridor...and now she has a trach in her too..she was born with subglottic stenosis and with no options she was requried to have a tracheostomy..
quatershack 4 years ago
Howdy quatershack......my son was seconds away from a trech, his issues were intubation and extubation 7 times in 4 months. This was 21 years ago, he was able to be treated by Dr. Robin Cotten at Cinncinatti Childrens Hosp. You might want to look him up. I`m sure he`s still praticing.
MIoldtimer 2 years ago
Poor thing
I hope he gets better.
GOD BLESS!
1992peter 4 years ago 4
hey, i could never pick up a wheezing. any of u have a video for it? pls message me
Elephantrosie 4 years ago
If you go to tracheostomy dot com, under resources, more, odds and ends, you find some sound files of wheezing.
bissells 4 years ago 2
Kids usually do out-grow malacia.
bissells 4 years ago
My son also has a stridor sound and laryngomalacia. It seems to be improving, he is 10 weeks now. Also had cyanisos the first week he was born, spent 7 days in the NICU.
GraceAnnStewart 4 years ago
Glad you found the video helpful tigersire, thanks for your comment.
bissells 5 years ago
I saw either this video or a similar one in EMT-Basic school. Really helpful in understanding what infant respiratory distress looks like.
tigersire 5 years ago