Agreeing to a tracheostomy for your sick baby is traumatic—but it’s not the hardest decision families have to make

Pam Thomson-Kai’s son Sawyer was just 7 months old when he stopped breathing. He was rushed to hospital, where he was revived and put on a breathing machine. Then the doctors asked his parents whether they could give him a tracheostomy—a surgical procedure to create an opening in the windpipe and allow air to flow to his lungs.

This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com

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