Mattie Breathes: One Little Boy's Journey, Living and Breathing with a Tracheostomy, Paperback/T. L. Loux

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"Mattie Breathes" seeks to help educate families about life with a tracheostomy, and to show the amazing quality of life and true joy that children living with a tracheostomy can have. It is also a tool to help medical professionals and educators prepare families for life with a tracheostomy. Mattie was born with Down syndrome and a severe AV canal heart defect. he was hospitalized his first 11 months of life, and required G-tube surgery, a tracheostomy, and two open heart surgeries. He spent the next 3 years living at home with his family. He loves trips to the zoo, the park, and playing with his siblings. About the Author: Tracie Loux is a mother of 7 amazing children and "Noni" to one beautiful granddaughter! Four of her children entered her life though adoption and she works as an adoption advocate and educator. She has helped hundreds of families through the adoption process. Tracie earned her medical degree in the school of hard knocks! She and Mattie wrote this book together after discovering that families needed to know that life with a tracheostomy could be full of joy. Formally trained as an art educator, Tracie still enjoys creative projects like painting and home decor, but most of her creativity comes out through her writing these days. She blogs at From the Heart www. tracieloux. wordpress. com where she writes about love, loss and healing.