This morning, while Mom went on her study & then errands, I was being suctioned. :-P Seriously, for 20-30 minutes at a time, with 5 minute breaks. I felt like a faucet endlessly running water, because nothing worthy of such lengthy suctioning was coming up.By the Mom returned (she was only gone 2 hours) I was very tired. So I went on the vent. It's a nice break.I stopped coughing a couple hours ago, but I think I'll stay on except for when transferring to bed.