is there a fixed amount of time, ie only a certain amount of oxygen you can take from a ventilator
A long story short, a very old close friend of the family (been my parents friends for the last 50 years, and known me for 39 years) is in hospital and has been for nearly a week and cannot breathe unaided at all and is on a ventilator
Tonight his wife has been told to come back into the hospital as they are turning the ventilator off, something to do with the amount of oxygen he is getting and the body can only take so much
the Hospital dont know what is wrong with him, other than say its something bronchial, something pneaumonia, something viral yet cant work it out what is wrong so they sedated him last week and kept him sedated and do not want him to try and breathe on his own as he is too ill, so are helping him breathe
He has also contracted MRSA after only being in the hospital for a couple of days, and this is supposed to be a state of the art hospital too
No one seems to know what the implications of the ventilator being turned off, his son is incredibly angry and asking lots and lots of questions but never really been given any straight answers
There is a possible hint that the apparent lack of care/diagnosis etc etc is due to him being a smoker too
Are they just now trying to free up a bed, or is there some truth to this ventilator and oxygen business
not a good day for a birthday
