Tiffany's Thread (updates and prayers, and a place where she can smack Joe in public when he needs it :)

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Maybe just another bad spell, but she's bad right now. We'd stopped after the Dr, and she looked and sounded horrible, she's a gray color. We were headed home, and her sister called and said her oxygen was 50. Tiffany told them call 911, and they've taken her to the hospital, we're here now. They've got her on 15 liters of oxygen right now, that's a lot, sounds like too much almost. Just pray for her, and Tiffany, she's a mess.
 
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joevol33 said:
Maybe just another bad spell, but she's bad right now. We'd stopped after the Dr, and she looked and sounded horrible, she's a gray color. We were headed home, and her sister called and said her oxygen was 50. Tiffany told them call 911, and they've taken her to the hospital, we're here now. They've got her on 15 liters of oxygen right now, that's a lot, sounds like too much almost. Just pray for her, and Tiffany, she's a mess.
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We're praying Joe.
 
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They said her lungs are full of fluids. They're going to try draining them.
 
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joevol33 said:
Maybe just another bad spell, but she's bad right now. We'd stopped after the Dr, and she looked and sounded horrible, she's a gray color. We were headed home, and her sister called and said her oxygen was 50. Tiffany told them call 911, and they've taken her to the hospital, we're here now. They've got her on 15 liters of oxygen right now, that's a lot, sounds like too much almost. Just pray for her, and Tiffany, she's a mess.
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Praying Joe🙏🏻
 
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joevol33 said:
Maybe just another bad spell, but she's bad right now. We'd stopped after the Dr, and she looked and sounded horrible, she's a gray color. We were headed home, and her sister called and said her oxygen was 50. Tiffany told them call 911, and they've taken her to the hospital, we're here now. They've got her on 15 liters of oxygen right now, that's a lot, sounds like too much almost. Just pray for her, and Tiffany, she's a mess.
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Prayers for all, Joe. 🙏 🙏 🙏
 
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joevol33 said:
Maybe just another bad spell, but she's bad right now. We'd stopped after the Dr, and she looked and sounded horrible, she's a gray color. We were headed home, and her sister called and said her oxygen was 50. Tiffany told them call 911, and they've taken her to the hospital, we're here now. They've got her on 15 liters of oxygen right now, that's a lot, sounds like too much almost. Just pray for her, and Tiffany, she's a mess.
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Ive been following this - I must have missed she was out of the hospital
 
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joevol33 said:
Her mom isn't doing well tonight. Tiffany said she's on 5 liters of oxygen, and her oxygen level is between 60-70, and she's gasping for air.
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I hate to hear this. All my best wishes and prayers for her comfort in this time of tribulation and y’all’s continued efforts to help her through this heartbreaking time.
 
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They pretty much kicked everyone out, so we're home. It was supposed to be one person at a time, but two of the sisters kept sneaking in the back way. Tiffany said that they got onto them. She's a little more stable though, but they are gonna wait until she's more stable before they try to remove the fluid. They said it'll likely be tomorrow anyway.
 
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joevol33 said:
Maybe just another bad spell, but she's bad right now. We'd stopped after the Dr, and she looked and sounded horrible, she's a gray color. We were headed home, and her sister called and said her oxygen was 50. Tiffany told them call 911, and they've taken her to the hospital, we're here now. They've got her on 15 liters of oxygen right now, that's a lot, sounds like too much almost. Just pray for her, and Tiffany, she's a mess.
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Tiffany, the grownup in the room.

I hope they can get her a bit stabilized tonight before trying to dry out her lungs tomorrow. 🙏
 
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VolNExile said:
Tiffany, the grownup in the room.

I hope they can get her a bit stabilized tonight before trying to dry out her lungs tomorrow. 🙏
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Me too. I know we're all going when it's our time, but I'm honestly shocked she's still here. I don't mean that to sound callous, but especially today, she looked like death. Tiffany said to ask you if heated humidified high flow oxygen is a step down from a ventilator. If you've heard of it, first for me. I reckon that's what they put her on.
 
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joevol33 said:
Me too. I know we're all going when it's our time, but I'm honestly shocked she's still here. I don't mean that to sound callous, but especially today, she looked like death. Tiffany said to ask you if heated humidified high flow oxygen is a step down from a ventilator. If you've heard of it, first for me. I reckon that's what they put her on.
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If she's breathing in and out on her own, she's not on a vent. It sounds like that's the case, even though she has a mouthpiece for breathing (per the picture), and the "heated humidified high flow oxygen" (whew!) is just the air mix that they have running through the mouthpiece, so that what she's breathing on her own is optimized - warm, gently humidified (this isn't related to the fluid in her lungs), high flow oxygen, meaning (I think) oxygen-enriched, so that every breath brings in as much oxygen as can be done. (Dang, that was a long sentence.)

I honestly don't know if she would ever be able to come off a ventilator, if they put her on one. They have to knock you out to some degree so that you don't fight the tube in your throat, and vent weaning (getting you off the vent and breathing again on your own) isn't always simple under the best of circumstances. You have to be able to cough strongly and clear out any crap that has accumulated during time on the vent. This might be something that Tiffany should discuss with the doc (and with her father) ahead of time, in case there's a sudden crisis, and they have to decide whether to ventilate her or not.

If there's a smart, compassionate nurse who is attending her, please run what I wrote above by her (whoops, or him) for a reality check. Good hospital bedside nurses know what's what, and they can be great interpreters when everything is going crazy! They have clinical knowledge and experience. I don't; I'm on the book knowledge/ health data side of things with some ability to interpret the broad stuff.
 
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joevol33 said:
They pretty much kicked everyone out, so we're home. It was supposed to be one person at a time, but two of the sisters kept sneaking in the back way. Tiffany said that they got onto them. She's a little more stable though, but they are gonna wait until she's more stable before they try to remove the fluid. They said it'll likely be tomorrow anyway.
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One night about a week or so before my Dad died, we were told that night was likely it. Everyone in town gathered in the room that night, 12 - 14 I guess, maybe more. Can’t imagine if they told us there was a limit of people allowed in the room.

We were there all night, singing songs and hymns and praying. I don’t think I could describe how it felt, but in a way it was both dread and cathartic. There were numerous times we all thought he had taken his last breath, but he made it through the night.

Sorry for telling this here, but much of this has reminded of those couple of weeks.
 
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VolNExile said:
If she's breathing in and out on her own, she's not on a vent. It sounds like that's the case, even though she has a mouthpiece for breathing (per the picture), and the "heated humidified high flow oxygen" (whew!) is just the air mix that they have running through the mouthpiece, so that what she's breathing on her own is optimized - warm, gently humidified (this isn't related to the fluid in her lungs), high flow oxygen, meaning (I think) oxygen-enriched, so that every breath brings in as much oxygen as can be done. (Dang, that was a long sentence.)

I honestly don't know if she would ever be able to come off a ventilator, if they put her on one. They have to knock you out to some degree so that you don't fight the tube in your throat, and vent weaning (getting you off the vent and breathing again on your own) isn't always simple under the best of circumstances. You have to be able to cough strongly and clear out any crap that has accumulated during time on the vent. This might be something that Tiffany should discuss with the doc (and with her father) ahead of time, in case there's a sudden crisis, and they have to decide whether to ventilate her or not.

If there's a smart, compassionate nurse who is attending her, please run what I wrote above by her (whoops, or him) for a reality check. Good hospital bedside nurses know what's what, and they can be great interpreters when everything is going crazy! They have clinical knowledge and experience. I don't; I'm on the book knowledge/ health data side of things with some ability to interpret the broad stuff.
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Thanks, I'll share this with her
 
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NorCalVol67 said:
One night about a week or so before my Dad died, we were told that night was likely it. Everyone in town gathered in the room that night, 12 - 14 I guess, maybe more. Can’t imagine if they told us there was a limit of people allowed in the room.

We were there all night, singing songs and hymns and praying. I don’t think I could describe how it felt, but in a way it was both dread and cathartic. There were numerous times we all thought he had taken his last breath, but he made it through the night.

Sorry for telling this here, but much of this has reminded of those couple of weeks.
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Don't be sorry, those are special moments, though sad, and I'm glad you did. I've been with a couple of close people as they were leaving this world, and a couple who even the Dr said like with your story, but they made it. Sounds odd during a time like that, but I've witnessed some beautiful moments among family during those times.
 
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NorCalVol67 said:
One night about a week or so before my Dad died, we were told that night was likely it. Everyone in town gathered in the room that night, 12 - 14 I guess, maybe more. Can’t imagine if they told us there was a limit of people allowed in the room.

We were there all night, singing songs and hymns and praying. I don’t think I could describe how it felt, but in a way it was both dread and cathartic. There were numerous times we all thought he had taken his last breath, but he made it through the night.

Sorry for telling this here, but much of this has reminded of those couple of weeks.
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Nothing to be sorry about at all!
 
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