Guest guest Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 My son is 6 and has had the cough assist for 4 years and he honestly loves it. He is a weak type 2 (just for reference purposes) and has a pretty weak cough. You do have to work with the machine for it to work the best- when it exhales- you have to assist and cough with it....or it doesn't work as well...in our experience. He also uses it when he has boogers....instead of coughing, he blows..then we use a nasal aspirator attachment on his suction machine and it clears it out well. Brett has still gotten pneumonia since we got it, but we are able to handle it at home and not be hospitalized and it doesn't seem to be as severe as before. When Brett tries to cough on his own, he says it feels like he can't get anything up.....with the cough assist, he says it helps him cough better. I hope this helps, good luck! Kristal Mom to Brett- SMA II- 6 years old " Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond to it. " ~anonymous Visit Brett's website at: http://www.our-sma-angels.com/brett/index.htm Re: cough assist question I HATE this machine & wish I could drop kick it out the door! I have a cough assist but never have gotten the hang of it. Friends of mine swear by the thing. I tried all kinds of settings and all I get is snot shooting out of my nose and nasty shit getting drawn down the hose that's near impossible to keep clean and dry. Using the mask destroyed my sinuses, using the mouth piece shoots slime across the room. I feel like I've been through an assault on the lowest settings even. I hate, hate, HATE the damned cough assist! I'm happy for those who benifit from this machine. For me, pneaumonia is less painful to me than using a cough assist. > > My daughter uses her cough machine everyday ... it is such a great machine > especially when she is sick! The air can move however you set it ... fast or > slow ..... but yes you do want the air to move quickly in and out ... that it > what triggers you to cough! > If you have any other questions please feel free to ask! > > Shaylene > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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