[ Article crossposted from hp.misc ]
[ Author was Ton 't Lam CRC ]
[ Posted on Mon, 8 Feb 1993 11:04:48 GMT ]

From Ton 't Lam (see base string):

Meanwhile my daughter is transferred to a specialized
children hospital, the Sophia Child Hospital in Rotterdam
(The Netherlands).  As a "starter" all examinations and
tests being done in the regional hospital are done over
again.  Additional everything they have "forgotten".

Thus by now in the hands of specialists.

As Steve South mentioned I have no access to misc.kids
and so on. I received simular feedback per mail, and
in a response I asked to put my message over there.

Once I know what is going on (or not), I will summarize.

Ton 't Lam

P.S.
The hospital equipment is from HP ... of course.  :-)

[ Article crossposted from hp.misc ]
[ Author was Ton 't Lam CRC ]
[ Posted on Mon, 8 Feb 1993 11:04:48 GMT ]

From Ton 't Lam (see base string):

Meanwhile my daughter is transferred to a specialized
children hospital, the Sophia Child Hospital in Rotterdam
(The Netherlands).  As a "starter" all examinations and
tests being done in the regional hospital are done over
again.  Additional everything they have "forgotten".

Thus by now in the hands of specialists.

As Steve South mentioned I have no access to misc.kids
and so on. I received simular feedback per mail, and
in a response I asked to put my message over there.

Once I know what is going on (or not), I will summarize.

Ton 't Lam

P.S.
The hospital equipment is from HP ... of course.  :-)

[ Article crossposted from hp.misc ]
[ Author was Jane Marcus ]
[ Posted on Wed, 3 Feb 1993 16:07:48 GMT ]

My daughter was born 4 weeks early and then had the misfortune to catch
the RSV virus shortly after birth.  She was so congested that she got
tired of breathing and would quit breathing.  She was hospitalized for
8 days and sent home on an apnea monitor.  The apnea monitor was rented
from a local medical equipment company, and their representative came
out to our house to install the monitor as well as check up on our
daughter during the month that she was on the monitor.

Actually, the apnea nomitor was more for our peace of mind rather than
medically necessary for our daughter (she had not had an apnea spell for
several days before being released from the hospital, and our doctor
was convinced that she wouldn't have any more apnea).

In addition to using the monitor, we also installed a nursery monitor
in our daughter's room.  We were concerned/paranoid enough to keep it up
high enough that we could hear her breathing when she slept.

The problem with the apnea monitor was that it would sound an alarm
sometimes when apnea was not occurring.  Perhaps the technology has
advanced in 3 years time, but the monitor we had required placing
sensors on our daughter's body with a sort of belt.  If our daughter
wiggled around a bit, the sensors wouldn't be in the right spot to
monitor her breathing and the monitor would sound an alarm.  After a
couple of sleepless nights for us because of false alarms, we got rid
of the monitor.  But in any case, using the apnea monitor requires a
cool head on your part.  If the monitor sounds, you need to take a
moment to see if your child is/isn't breathing.  If not breathing,
then a slight touch or shake is enough to start the breathing going.
(Our daughter is 3 now and is fine BTW)

Best wishes,
Jane Marcus