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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: southern Calif
Posts: 221
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: southern Calif
Posts: 221
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Mom is still in ICU
Well, my Mom has been in ICU for 12 days now.
She is still on the ventilator. I spoke with the pulmonologist yesterday and he said that she got a severe burn in her lungs when she inhaled the acid from her stomach into her lungs.
They keep trying to wean her off the ventilator but she can't tolerate it.
I'm not going to be brave anymore. This has increased my pain from all the driving and stress and flared up my depression.
When I spoke with the doc I mentioned a second opinion or a transfer to a university setting.
He was ok with the idea but wanted to give her a couple more days.
My family was stunned when I told them that her lungs were burned by the stomach acid.
They just had not thought of it that way. I had to go slowly through the explanation so they could understand how serious it is. In reading about acid aspiration pneumonia it sounds pretty bad.
My dad called me and said when he told my 2 sisters about the lungs being burned, "they didn't realize my Mom had such a serious lung injury."
So I had to go over it again.
I can't allow myself to get the "fall aparts"in front of my family because all of their
"non coping mechanisms" come out and make the situation harder to deal with.
Some of the family's personalities are really draining me.
Thank you everyone for all of your kind offers and prayers.
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