Hello,i have had a tracheostomy for a year now,i am always having green ,bloody drainage .My pulmonary dr,said its normal,almost all trach patients have green drainage.I went to an infectious disease dr,and he said i am colonized? .I have been on massive antibiotics that didnt work,i still have a fever ,chills on and off weekly or sometimes daily.The drainage smells also.I know a respiratory therapist and she does trachs all the time and she says the green drainage is not normal.With the fact of the smell ,color ,fever ,chills,etc i tend to believe her .My dr. Is a great pulmonologist and he said my diagnosis is membranous tracheomalcia.He tried to take the trach out and the walls of the trach caved in more or less.He had a hard time getting it back in.I was intubated 3x in the hospital of which i still turned blue so they did this .I think the intubations gave me this malacia.I never ..Ever had it before .I had 2 brain aneuryisms so they did what they did to save my life .I accept the fact that i will always have this trach forever but i am having a hard time believing that all trach patients have consistent green drainage .It was cultured many times and i have had pseudomas from the nursing home and coyne bacteria etc,but like i said i have taken every antibiotic available .Can someone help me ? I am getting different answers from everyone and i dont know which one is the right one .Thank you in advance for answering this problem .I appreciate any help..Sue p.S.This has been going on for 1 year now and i do not need to be suctioned at all.
