The CHARLIE is Kozie's baby, toddler, and little boy medically adaptive one-piece carefully designed to adapt with many medical treatments. Designed to provide safe, adorable, and comfortable dressing. This adorable Sensory soft one-piece body suit offers all front snap closure and snap closure at both shoulders and crotch. The overlaying belt/band covers the belly for added support and protection from little grabbing hands. Safe, easy no overhead dressing required. Our specialized one-piece body suit was designed with the assistance of Pediatric Nurses, Special Needs Parents, and Sensory Therapists and includes easy access for many medical treatments, including:
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ENTERNAL FEEDING/GASTROSTOMY TUBE FEEDING(G-TUBE)to support children with certain medical conditions who cannot eat enough food by mouth, to enhance children’s nutrition, and to aid the metabolic demands of the stress of illness such as:
- Congenital heart defects as with ventricular or a trial septal defects or severe Malformations such as; tetralogy or Fallot, Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- Congenital Anomalies of the upper Gastrointestinal Tract such; as Esophageal Atresia, Tracheoesophageal Fistula, Esophageal Duplications, Developmental Obstructive Defects of the stomach such as hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, Gastric atresia, congenital gastricobstruction, and Duodenal Obstruction/atresia, etc.
- Metabolic disorders such as; Adrenal Hypoplasia, Argininosuccinate lyase deficiency, Argininosuccinic Aciduria, etc.
- Neurological Impairment as with Massive Brain Damage. For example Infantile Cerebral Palsy, Anoxia Brain Injury, Brain Tumors, Cerebral Atrophy, Cerebellar Hypoplasia, Cerebral Cavernous Malformation and Head Trauma, etc.
- Genetic syndromes/Chromosomal syndromes causing feeding/eating disorders such as; Alagille Syndrome, Alexander’s Disease,Alfi’s Syndrome, Allan Herdon Dudley Syndrome, Angelman Syndrome, Antley-bixler Syndrome, Barth Syndrome, Bartter Syndrom, Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome, Bohring, Costello Syndrome, Silver-Russel Syndrome, Franceschetti syndrome, Noonan-syndrome, Corneila deLage Syndrome etc. Syndrome related malformations such as heart defect in Down syndrome, choanal atresia in CHARGE-syndrome and many more
- Psychosomatic/psychiatric eating disorders such as infantile anorexia
- Children who suffer from cancer may need ENS during chemotherapy to help prevent them from losing weight.
- Children suffering from renal insufficiency or renal diseases often lack appetite
- Prematurity
- Absent Swallow Reflex, Achalasia, Aspiration
- Craniofacial such as Cervical Lymphangioma, Cleft pallet, etc.
- Some children with Autism
- TRACHEOSTOMIESto relieve an obstruction to breathing. This may be found in the following conditions and more
- Tracheal/Bronchial Malasia
- Polyps and weak muscles in the trachea
- Inability to clear mucus for the lungs and airway
- Premature births
- Severe breathing conditions
- Tumors such as cystic hygroma
- Severe infection such as epiglottitis or croup
- Subglottic stenosis
- Tracheomalacia
- Vocal cord paralysis
- Laryngeal spasms or injury
- Congenital abnormalities of the airway
- Obstruction of airway
- Treacher Collins
- Pierre Robin Syndromes
- Severe neck or mouth injuries
- Airway burns
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
- Chronic pulmonary disease
- Chest wall injury
- Diaphragmdys function
- Paralyzingor weakening chest muscles and diaphragm
- Aspiration
- Fracture of cervical vertebrae
- Spinal cord injury
- Long-termun consciousness or coma
- Centralapnea
- Congenital Central Hypoventilation
- Facial surgery
- Facial burns
- Anaphylaxis
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PORTS AND CATHETERS, Porta a Catheter, or Port a Cath are often necessary for IV medicines, fluids, taking blood samples,and other IV treatment requirements. A few conditions may require a port or Cath such as
- Cancer treatments, Chemotherapy
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Pancreatic Insufficiency
- Chronic Illnesses
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Colors Available: Grey with navy
Fabric / Material: 100% Cotton
Made in USA
Washing instructions: Machine wash in cold with like colors, Tumble dry low, only non-chlorine bleach
