Hi Linda,

Thank you for sharing that they can’t be sterilized cuz i would’ve thought they could be boiled in water for 15 minutes like the Aeroeclipse BAN components. I believe it was the attending RN who had the respiratory technician bring a spirometer to my dad’s room while they kept him there at the hospital for a few days after his TAVR procedure. Then a pulmonologist who stopped in to visit/meet my dad after reviewing various imaging results (like chest X-rays, CT scans, echocardiogram, etc.) put comments in my dad’s MyChart (under plan moving forward) to use:
Acapella and hypertonic saline nebs to help with airway clearance; Incentive spirometer and Ambulation of upmost important; and Aggressive PT/OT, so I got the impression that using a spirometer may be helpful for him getting trapped mucus up to reduce his shortness of breath. I don’t recall his cardiologist saying anything about using a spirometer one way or the other and his primary care physician is back in Michigan, but I’ll ask my dad to reach out to him tomorrow since he typically responds quickly. Thanks for the suggestion to double check with his doctor regarding any questions. I was wondering if anyone here that may use a spirometer noticed whether or not it seemed helpful to them in any way. Regarding you mentioning that you keep track of top BE/NTM specialists around the world and that you had heard of my dad’s doctor here in Tampa, were you referring to Dr. Restrepo or Dr. Matar? That was very good to hear, but I wasn’t sure which doctors name you had heard of. Thank you for responding and sharing your thoughts - we appreciate you Linda! Cheers, Scott