Day 35

Guess Who's Speaking!!!

Cindy has a speaking valve - called a Passy-Muir valve "installed" and can now "speak". 

Passy-Muir Valve - courtesy of Amazon

This is Cindy's trachea with the Passy-Muir Valve.

Day 30

Today Cindy had Physical and Speech Therapy.  She did very well with both.  The Physical Therapist says she is getting stronger.

The Pulmonary Doctor continues to wean her off the trachea.

This picture is from December 14th, 2008.  It was submitted by Nike.