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1. My 8 year old absolutely refuses to do the incentive spirometer

   mother19 replied to mother19's topic in Pediatric

   Well I just asked her why she refuses to do it and she says "I want to do what I want". Than I told her the health consequences of this, but I'm not sure she understands. She has no developmental issues.

2. My 8 year old absolutely refuses to do the incentive spirometer

   mother19 replied to mother19's topic in Pediatric

   Well the longest we have waited after she refused to cooperate with an unrelated physical therapy was 10 hours. We did all we could to make it fun, she just wouldn't budge. We just know she wouldn't budge this time no matter how long we presisted, so...

3. My 8 year old absolutely refuses to do the incentive spirometer

   mother19 posted a topic in Pediatric

   My 8 year old daughter had an open heart surgery, and this is her 2nd day post op. She absolutely refuses to do the incentive spirometer. We tried alternatives, such as blowing balloons, balloon and straw races, straw painting, kazoos, pinwheel, part...