Today mom had her doctors appointment with the Oncologist to see what is going to come next with the treatment of her cancer. Since sunday she hasn't been feeling good and is rather tired alot. When they got into the Doctors office she told him she was not feeling good. He put a monitor on her finger and found out that the oxygenation of her blood was severely low. So she Admitted her to Lutheran General.
Pops took her over and I came over later. She was sleeping off and on. After a while they came in and told us she has a touch of Pneumonia in her right Lung., then that later turned to not only the Pneumonia but fluid on the lung. They moved her up to MICU (medical Intensive Care) they told us that the CO2 level in her blood is dangerously high. What is happening is. After we inhale the oxygen we exhale CO2 Because of the Pneumonia and the fluid buildup she does not have the strength to exhale so the CO2 is not coming out of her blood. They told us there are two ways to get it out. One is a pressure max which they put on the other is Intibating her and breath for her. After getting upstairs her levels of CO2 weren't coming down and they wanted to intibate. Her doctor said do it. So last night around 10 pm (Central) they intibated her and sedated her, She isn't quite in a coma but this side of it. This will keep her from fighting and pulling out the Tubes.
When we left last night at 1:30 AM she was sleeping soundly and all seemed to be ok.
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