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Hi all, just wanted to give a little update on my daughter Alaya who is now 10 months old. Today is July 15 2009 and I am happy to report that Alaya's weening off the Vent is going great. She's off 8 hours daily, and we've started using the Thermovent about two weeks ago. Her Pulmonary Dr. suggested only 5 minutes on Thermovent, but I know my daughter. We started out as the Dr. reccomended, but when I saw how well she tolerated it, we increased the time little by little daily.  We're now up to 4 hours on Thermovent only and then we switch back to compressor. I can't wait til this Vent thing is history.  I believe she only needs it at night while sleeping for now. But of course I have to wait til the Dr. says so.
Take care everyone...and remember that we have the strongest little ones, and they are very blessed.