I was intubated for 7 days during my last crisis - no fun, but not bad either. They kept me pretty sedated so I didn't have a lot of urge to move. My oxygen sats dropped from 93 to 39 in about 10 minutes - no choice to but to intubate. Luckly I was in the right place, ICU. If I had been at home, I wouldn't be here to write this message. Believe me, they don't want to intubate unless they absolutely have to. Will do a watch in ICU and intubate only if absolutely necessary.

Better to be where you can get help if you need it rather than leaving your loved ones wishing you had been where you could have gotten help.

Good Luck!