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My mother is in ICU at Raleigh NC 's rex hospital. she has been on a breathing machine since tuesday and efforts to ween her off it have been unsuccessful. here lungs are at about 30% volume capacity and her normal blood oxygen level is at 85%. when her blood satureation get much above that her body stops relessing CO2. thiss causes her blood oxygen saturation to drop.
just as a bench mark. normal oxygen saturation is 100. it being below 90% is considered an emergency her normal is about 85.
her blood PH is a little high meaning it is more acidic than is should be. this is because the CO2 is breaking down before it is releassed.
she has been on a breathing machine for 5 days after 8days they staart to worry about the machine causeing complications, also the longer she is on assisted breathing the more the breathing muscles atrophy.
the tubes running into the body cause worry of infection. internal sores and the ballon on the tubes can cause tissue necrosiss in the area.
if she doesn't start breathing on her own by monday they are going to do a trachiostomy. which combats many of the complications of the breathing machine. this is a minor surgery with minamal risk, complicated only a little by what anasthetics might do to her breathing.
If we were to remove her from the machines, the doctor estimates that she may live for a few hours right now. my brother and i are not prepared to have this conversation.
my brother has put alot of time effort and energy, as well as growing up as a person alot to take care of mom so to even have that conversation is an ego crushing blow for him.
and then there is me...
I am the little spot of Blue in an otherwise RED state. I can't speak up and it tears at me. were in the stoneages as far as racial, and sexual preferance tolerance. everyone just bashes everything i support. the only thing possitive is that they are involved and informed i just don't agree.
I'm a heathen/Witch in a land of Thump thump thump on the bible. that i can't feel good about them being informed because of how supersticious they are, and intolerant, and have no intrest in anything other than being right and others being wrong. I can't even hold a convesation about anything that matters.
my brother and i are getting along well enough as long as we avoid certain topics and we are both able to identify them and leave them be.
I love you all. and thank you for your support.
just as a bench mark. normal oxygen saturation is 100. it being below 90% is considered an emergency her normal is about 85.
her blood PH is a little high meaning it is more acidic than is should be. this is because the CO2 is breaking down before it is releassed.
she has been on a breathing machine for 5 days after 8days they staart to worry about the machine causeing complications, also the longer she is on assisted breathing the more the breathing muscles atrophy.
the tubes running into the body cause worry of infection. internal sores and the ballon on the tubes can cause tissue necrosiss in the area.
if she doesn't start breathing on her own by monday they are going to do a trachiostomy. which combats many of the complications of the breathing machine. this is a minor surgery with minamal risk, complicated only a little by what anasthetics might do to her breathing.
If we were to remove her from the machines, the doctor estimates that she may live for a few hours right now. my brother and i are not prepared to have this conversation.
my brother has put alot of time effort and energy, as well as growing up as a person alot to take care of mom so to even have that conversation is an ego crushing blow for him.
and then there is me...
I am the little spot of Blue in an otherwise RED state. I can't speak up and it tears at me. were in the stoneages as far as racial, and sexual preferance tolerance. everyone just bashes everything i support. the only thing possitive is that they are involved and informed i just don't agree.
I'm a heathen/Witch in a land of Thump thump thump on the bible. that i can't feel good about them being informed because of how supersticious they are, and intolerant, and have no intrest in anything other than being right and others being wrong. I can't even hold a convesation about anything that matters.
my brother and i are getting along well enough as long as we avoid certain topics and we are both able to identify them and leave them be.
I love you all. and thank you for your support.