Communication key to halting a preventable health crisis

Communication key to halting a preventable health crisis

No matter what SMA throws at me, people invest so much into my care that hardly anything keeps me down for long. I invest a lot into my care as well. Two years ago, I wrote a column about how hard I work with my Vest Airway Clearance System machine to cough up the mucus in my lungs. Coughing is a major challenge for those of us with SMA type I. It’s still hard for me to cough when I use the Vest machine, but it does make it somewhat easier. The …