Medical Equipment
50 Nebulizer Units
This is a medical necessity for trached children, but insurance is not currently covering for many families.
The respiratory department was incredible with managing Abby Joy’s complex airway issues. She used a nebulizer unit a minimum of twice a day and when she was sick, it could often be around the clock to help her breath. This piece of equipment was also the only one she had that looked like it was designed for kids, which helped when working with it at home.
Power boxes/Generator
Provided one family with a power box (or generator) when bringing a trach/vent child home from the hospital. The foundation plans for this to be a regular way to help families leaving CHP with a ventilator dependent child in the future. Please click on the ‘Resources’ tab to fill out a form for your choice of power source if that is something your family is in need of.
Why: The power can go out at any time (especially in more rural areas). For a trach/vent family it is not a luxury, but a necessity to have a back-up power source to run medical equipment. If a family doesn’t have a back-up source, the child must travel to the ER immediately. This can expose a sensitive child to illnesses they don’t need to come in contact with. Abby Joy’s family had a generator purchased for them by her extended family when she came home from the hospital. It is an expensive item for a family who likely already has spent a lot of money on medical bills or living at a hospital for months beforehand. It was needed on several occasions to run her ventilator, heater for vent tubing, nebulizer, etc.