Guest guest Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 Have you taken her to the dr? Maybe she has something coming on - a cold, ear infection, tooth coming in (molars)? She may have some sort of infection that could be knocked out with an antibiotic or something? Or, does she have dysarthria in addition to the apraxia? Drooling is a major thing with dysarthria but might not explain the lethargy (could explain the coughing if she's got a lot of saliva going on). The only time I've heard of " aspirating " is when someone aspirates into their lung and it leads to a pneumonia but I could be way off on that and there could be other ways to " aspirate. " Sherry wasborngmama@... wrote: Does anyone know if aspirating can go along with verbal and oral apraxia? My 8 year old has been coughing off and on, lethargic and drooling, otherwise fine. She doesn't appear sick, but more tired then usual. The majority of the drooling is during speech therapy. A friend of mine suggested she may be aspirating, so I want to look into this. Lindsey has a very hard time imitating tongue, or lip movements. Her body is effected too. She's also very verbally apraxic,but verbal. does it seem like aspirating is a possibility? What do you all think? Jennie-Florida Florida_Apraxia/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 Jennie, If you are concerned, I would request a referral from your ped for a swallow study. If she is aspirating, that is obviously a serious situation. If she drools, it may be that she has a hard time handling her secretions due to a swallowing problem. Admittedly, the drooling could also be from the apraxia or from needing to have more awareness of her secretions. I would think that it couldn't hurt to ask your daughter's doctor about it anyway. Just my 2 cents, Laurel, mom to Evan (almost 32 mo, Pierre Robin Sequence, cleft repaired, unrepaired fistula, 3rd set of ear tubes, non-verbal, no official dx yet) and (almost 7 yo, mild stutterer or stammerer). > Does anyone know if aspirating can go along with verbal and oral apraxia? My > 8 year old has been coughing off and on, lethargic and drooling, otherwise > fine. She doesn't appear sick, but more tired then usual. The majority of the > drooling is during speech therapy. A friend of mine suggested she may be > aspirating, so I want to look into this. Lindsey has a very hard time imitating > tongue, or lip movements. Her body is effected too. She's also very verbally > apraxic,but verbal. does it seem like aspirating is a possibility? What do you all > think? > > Jennie-Florida > Florida_Apraxia/ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 You are correct Sherry, about aspiration; However, there are varying degrees of aspiration, the most severe is when an aspirated object/liquid enters the lungs which could lead to pnuemonia. A mild aspiration usaully can be cleared before reaching the lungs by coughing it out. I also agree with Laurel. Jennie, if you suspect any degree of aspiration I suggest having a barium swallow study done. My son has dysphasia(difficulty swallowing) and aspirates easily on thin and nectar thick liquids, which was revealed by a swallow study. Kris Re: [ ] aspirating > Have you taken her to the dr? Maybe she has something coming on - a cold, ear infection, tooth coming in (molars)? She may have some sort of infection that could be knocked out with an antibiotic or something? Or, does she have dysarthria in addition to the apraxia? Drooling is a major thing with dysarthria but might not explain the lethargy (could explain the coughing if she's got a lot of saliva going on). The only time I've heard of " aspirating " is when someone aspirates into their lung and it leads to a pneumonia but I could be way off on that and there could be other ways to " aspirate. " > > Sherry > > wasborngmama@... wrote: > Does anyone know if aspirating can go along with verbal and oral apraxia? My > 8 year old has been coughing off and on, lethargic and drooling, otherwise > fine. She doesn't appear sick, but more tired then usual. The majority of the > drooling is during speech therapy. A friend of mine suggested she may be > aspirating, so I want to look into this. Lindsey has a very hard time imitating > tongue, or lip movements. Her body is effected too. She's also very verbally > apraxic,but verbal. does it seem like aspirating is a possibility? What do you all > think? > > Jennie-Florida > Florida_Apraxia/ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Thanks, Kris - never knew that. Sherry Emery <jahnk@...> wrote: You are correct Sherry, about aspiration; However, there are varying degrees of aspiration, the most severe is when an aspirated object/liquid enters the lungs which could lead to pnuemonia. A mild aspiration usaully can be cleared before reaching the lungs by coughing it out. I also agree with Laurel. Jennie, if you suspect any degree of aspiration I suggest having a barium swallow study done. My son has dysphasia(difficulty swallowing) and aspirates easily on thin and nectar thick liquids, which was revealed by a swallow study. Kris Re: [ ] aspirating > Have you taken her to the dr? Maybe she has something coming on - a cold, ear infection, tooth coming in (molars)? She may have some sort of infection that could be knocked out with an antibiotic or something? Or, does she have dysarthria in addition to the apraxia? Drooling is a major thing with dysarthria but might not explain the lethargy (could explain the coughing if she's got a lot of saliva going on). The only time I've heard of " aspirating " is when someone aspirates into their lung and it leads to a pneumonia but I could be way off on that and there could be other ways to " aspirate. " > > Sherry > > wasborngmama@... wrote: > Does anyone know if aspirating can go along with verbal and oral apraxia? My > 8 year old has been coughing off and on, lethargic and drooling, otherwise > fine. She doesn't appear sick, but more tired then usual. The majority of the > drooling is during speech therapy. A friend of mine suggested she may be > aspirating, so I want to look into this. Lindsey has a very hard time imitating > tongue, or lip movements. Her body is effected too. She's also very verbally > apraxic,but verbal. does it seem like aspirating is a possibility? What do you all > think? > > Jennie-Florida > Florida_Apraxia/ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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