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Mahina Haumāna Haumāna Haumāna

Hoʻohanohano no Mahina Hoʻonaʻauao Palekana Meaʻai Lahui, He moʻolelo haʻawina koʻu no nā kahu hānai a pau.

ʻElua aʻu keiki, ʻelima & ʻehiku. I ke kauwela o 2018, hauʻoli wau a me nā keiki i kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me kekahi popcorn. ʻO kaʻu muli loa, ʻo Forrest, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e ʻakaʻaka (e like me ka hana ʻana o nā kamaliʻi liʻiliʻi i kekahi manawa) i ka popcorn akā ua ʻoki koke ʻo ia a maikaʻi. Ma hope mai o ia ahiahi, lohe au i kahi leo uwē mālie loa mai kona umauma mai. Ua hele koʻu noʻonoʻo i ka popcorn no kekahi manawa akā ua manaʻo wau he hoʻomaka wale nō ia o ke anu. E holo wikiwiki i kekahi mau lā a mau ka leo wīwī akā ʻaʻohe hōʻailona ʻē aʻe i ʻike ʻia. ʻAʻohe ona kuni, ka ihu, a me ka ʻuʻu. Me he mea lā e pāʻani ana a ʻakaʻaka a ʻai e like me nā manawa a pau. ʻAʻole naʻe au i hopohopo nui, akā ua hoʻi koʻu manaʻo i kēlā pō popcorn. Ua hana au i kauka no ka hope o ia pule a lawe au iā ia e nānā.

Ua hoʻomau ka uwē ʻana, akā palupalu loa. I koʻu lawe ʻana i kā mākou keiki i ke kauka, hiki ʻole iā lākou ke lohe i kekahi mea. Ua ʻōlelo wau i ka popcorn gagging, akā i ka wā mua ʻaʻole lākou i manaʻo ʻo ia. Ua holo ke keʻena i kekahi mau hoʻāʻo a kāhea mai iaʻu i ka lā aʻe e lawe mai iā ia no ka mālama nebulizer. ʻAʻole i ʻae ʻia kā mākou papa manawa no kahi lā aʻe, no laila ua kali mākou i ʻelua mau lā e lawe mai iā ia i loko. I kēia manawa, hoʻokahi pule a me ka hapa paha mākou mai ka popcorn a me ke ahiahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni. Ua lawe au iā ia i loko o ke keʻena o ke kauka no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa nebulizer me ka manaʻo piha e hoʻokuʻu iā ia i ka hale mālama lā a hoʻi hou i ka hana ma hope, akā ʻaʻole i hele pololei ka lā e like me ka mea i hoʻolālā ʻia.

Nui koʻu mahalo i nā pediatricians e mālama ana i kā mākou keiki. I ko mākou komo ʻana i loko o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, ua haʻi hou au i ka moʻolelo i kekahi kauka ʻē aʻe a ʻōlelo wau e lohe mau ana au i ka wīwī me nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe. Ua ʻae ʻo ia he mea ʻē loa kēia a ʻaʻole maikaʻi e noho pū me ia. Ua kāhea ʻo ia i ka Halemai o nā keiki e kūkākūkā me lākou a manaʻo lākou e lawe mai iā ia i loko e nānā ʻia e kā lākou hui ENT (Ear, Nose, Throat). No ka ʻike ʻia e lākou, pono mākou e hele i loko o ka lumi pilikia.

Ua hōʻea mākou i ka Halemaʻi o nā keiki ma Aurora ma hope iki o kēlā kakahiaka a nānā i ka ER. Ua kū au i ka home ma ke ala e ʻohi ai i kekahi mau mea inā pau mākou i laila i ka lā a pau. Manaʻo lākou iā mākou, no laila ʻaʻole i liʻuliʻu ka nānā ʻana o kekahi mau kahu hānai a me nā kauka. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke lohe i ke kani ʻana i ka wā mua a, i kēia manawa, ke hoʻomaka nei wau e noʻonoʻo he nui ka hoopla no ka ʻole. A laila, i ka hopena, lohe kekahi kauka i kekahi mea maule ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o kona umauma. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻohe mea i hopohopo nui i kēia manawa.

Ua ʻōlelo ka hui ENT e kau ana lākou i kahi ākea ma lalo o kona ʻāʻī e ʻike maikaʻi ai akā manaʻo lākou ʻaʻole loaʻa iā lākou kekahi mea. He mea mālama wale kēia i mea e ʻike ai ʻaʻohe hewa. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ke ʻoki ʻana ma ia ahiahi e hāʻawi i ka manawa ma waena o kāna ʻai hope a me ka wā e loaʻa ai ʻo ia i ka maʻi maʻi. Manaʻo ka hui ENT e wikiwiki kēia - i loko a i waho ma kahi o 30-45 mau minuke. Ma hope o ʻelua mau hola me ka hui ʻokiʻoki, ua hiki iā lākou ke wehe i kahi popcorn kernel shuck (manaʻo wau ʻo ia ka mea i kapa ʻia) mai ka māmā o Forrest. Ua ʻōlelo ke kauka lapaʻau ʻo ia ke kaʻina hana lōʻihi loa a lākou i komo ai (Ua ʻike au i ka hauʻoli nui e pili ana i ia mea ma kā lākou ʻaoʻao, akā he mea hopohopo ia ma koʻu ʻaoʻao).

Ua hoʻi au i ka lumi hoʻolaʻa e hoʻopaʻa i kaʻu kanaka liʻiliʻi no nā hola ʻelua e hiki mai ana i kona ala ʻana. E uē ana ʻo ia a uē a ʻaʻole hiki ke wehe i kona mau maka no hoʻokahi hola. ʻO kēia wale nō ka manawa i huhū ai kēia kanaka liʻiliʻi i ko mākou noho ʻana i ka haukapila. Ua ʻike au ua ʻeha kona ʻāʻī a ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻo ia. Ua hauʻoli wale wau i ka pau ʻana o nā mea a pau a maikaʻi ʻo ia. Ua ala loa ʻo ia ma hope o ia ahiahi a ʻai pū me aʻu. Ua noi ʻia mākou e noho i ka pō no ka mea ua iho ka pae o ka oxygen a makemake lākou e mālama iā ia no ka nānā ʻana a me ka hōʻoia ʻana ʻaʻole e loaʻa iā ia kahi maʻi ma muli o ka waiho ʻana o ka popcorn shuck ma laila no ka aneane ʻelua pule. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia mākou i ka lā aʻe me ka pilikia ʻole a ua hoʻi ʻo ia i kona ʻano kahiko me he mea lā ʻaʻohe mea i hana ʻia.

He paʻakikī ka lilo ʻana i makua a kahu paha o nā keiki. Ke hoʻāʻo maoli nei mākou e hana i kā mākou mea maikaʻi loa no kēia mau nuggets liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻole kūleʻa mau mākou. ʻO ka manawa paʻakikī loa iaʻu, ʻo ia kaʻu e hele ai i waho o ka lumi hana ʻoiai lākou e kau ana iā ia ma lalo o ka anesthesia a hiki iaʻu ke lohe iā ia e kāhea ana "Mama." Hoʻopaʻa ʻia kēlā hoʻomanaʻo i loko o koʻu noʻonoʻo a hāʻawi mai iaʻu i kahi manaʻo hou e pili ana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka palekana meaʻai. Laki mākou he mea liʻiliʻi kēia i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka mea hiki ke hana. He mau makahiki i ʻae ʻole ʻia ka popcorn i loko o ko mākou hale.

ʻAʻole ʻōlelo ko mākou mau kauka i ka popcorn, nā hua waina (ʻoki ʻia) a i ʻole nā ​​​​nati ma mua o ʻelima mau makahiki. ʻIke au he mea koʻikoʻi paha kēia, akā ua ʻōlelo lākou ma mua o kēia mau makahiki ʻaʻole i loaʻa i nā keiki ka gag reflux maturity e pono ai ke pale aku i ka ʻoki. E mālama pono i kēlā mau keiki a mai hānai i kāu poʻe kamaliʻi popcorn!