Tracheo Stormy

[Zee1974]

My wife has a tracheostormy tube inplace for several month and now we are planning to remove it but when ever we put a stopper on the tube she feels like she stop breathing and I feel she is not making it up because her situation start changing and she looks suffocated. I don't know what to do now.s this a trauma in trachea and it is swellon or what may be the case please advice.

[gran2five]

that happened to me and it turned out that i had scar tissue so now have to have trachi perminent, i couldnt or still cant put cap on,e n t dr put camera in my nose and found the scar tissue.
linda (gran2five)

[Sunny602]

I have a trach myself and have put the stopper on it whenever I am not on the vent. It does feel like there is resistance especially since my size is a #6 Shiley. Because you are planning to decannulate, are the doctors decreasing her tube size? Less tube in the trachea means less space and an easier time of breathing with the cap on. What size is your wife's tube?
Sunny