Gemma Hart tells how "the Vest" is so important..

Gemma Hart's twin boys were born with severe breathing difficulties. It was soon discovered that both were suffering symptoms of "Bronchomalacia" and were in regular need of assistance with breathing. The type of assistance required dictated that specialist equipment needed to be sourced.
This is where North Hampshire Medical Fund (http://www.nhmedicalfund.org/about-us) stepped in and helped raise the funds to purchase the equipment.

"Thanks to funds raised by the members of a local golf club, we were able to buy some equipment that has made a huge difference to their quality of life" - NHMF statement.

This video from the Hart family shows how "the Vest" makes such a massive difference to their day to day family lives. It was filmed at their home as mum Gemma explains what the family live through in fighting the condition and what the machinery supplied means to them.

"The Vest"
The Vest® Airway Clearance System is designed to assist patients in the mobilization of retained secretions that, if not removed, may lead to increased rates of respiratory infection, hospitalization, and reduced lung function.

From Wikipedia;
Bronchomalacia is a term for weak cartilage in the walls of the bronchial tubes, occurring in children under six months, presented with noisy breathing and/or wheezing. There is collapse of a main stem bronchus, on expiration. There are two types of Bronchomalacia. Primary Bronchomalacia is due to a deficiency in the cartilaginous rings. Secondary Bronchomalacia may occur by extrinsic compression from an enlarged vessel, a vascular ring or a bronchogenic cyst.

Bronchomalacia can best be described as a birth defect of the bronchus in the respiratory tract. Congenital malacia of the large airways is one of the few causes of irreversible airways obstruction in children, with symptoms varying from recurrent wheeze and recurrent lower airways infections to severe dyspnea and respiratory insufficiency.

Full information on North Hampshire Medical Fund;
http://www.nhmedicalfund.org

"The Vest" equipment information;

http://www.thevest.com/

Hill-Rom companies manufacture and distribute The Vest® Airway Clearance System, a medical device that assists children and adults with mobilizing secretions that may contribute to, or complicate, their respiratory conditions. If not removed, retained secretions may lead to increased rates of respiratory infections, hospitalizations, and reduced lung function.

Having made the video - we looked into the conditions that are highlighted in the story and it opened our eyes to a wider suffering group than we at first appreciated.

More families with sufferers are finding help / tips and advice - even sharing a shoulder at https://www.facebook.com/groups/loveformalaciababies/ so we joined too.
Learning and sharing is a positive way to bring attention to these matters - and the more the better.

They also have a facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/LoveForMalaciaBabies

For clarification - this video was commissioned by North Hampshire Medical Fund.
While it centres around the benefits this family derived from the use of a specific product - this video was not funded or supported by the product manufacturers and is not part of a sales or marketing campaign supporting the product or manufacturers.

It is a program designed to demonstrate how the North Hampshire Medical Fund has an important role to play in fulfilling the needs of the local community.

You should not base any medical decisions upon what you see in the video.

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