What happens when the tube is removed?
Your child will need to stay in hospital for at least 1-2 nights when the tube is removed. There are different ways of removing the tracheostomy tube – depending on the reason the tracheostomy tube was put in. Usually a smaller size tracheostomy tube is put in and then this is blocked overnight to see how well your child can breathe through their nose and mouth, rather than through the tracheostomy tube. If they can breathe well with the tube blocked, it is taken out the next morning.
