I just wanted to post an update on my mom. The strange thing is that it may be good that she did hit take the fall and end up on hosp. What was uncovered at the hosp wouldnt have come out and it WAS why she had gotten worse over the previous days and maybe why she fell. It was her carbon dioxide levels extremely elevated. They put the bipap on her after they realized her there was no other reason for altered state and it worked great.

She is doing better. I am gonna check into how they will avoid this happening again out of the blue. The CO2 levels are gonna be higher as she gets sicker but there are things to do. Given how invasive the Bipap feels tho my sister and I know that her willingness to use is gonna be a huge issue. I wish she had my pulmunologist.

Annie59