How to Live With ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome) (Real Examples)10 Nov
Two real-life examples below
Dee was a professor of teacher education in Michigan when she went into hospital to have tubes surgically inserted into her ears for hearing problems. As she was coming out of anesthesia, she suffered a severe asthma attack for the first time in her life.
This turned out to be ARDS and she spent 29 days in hospital on assisted breathing. When she returned home she had to take 3 liters of oxygen per minute 24/7. She underwent physical, occupational, and speech therapy and also entered a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program. It took one year to wean her off the supplementary oxygen and today she leads a relatively normal life.
Pastor Ian Robb went in for gall bladder surgery in Ontario – 24 hours later he was back in hospital with severe pain, was admitted and after week diagnosed with ARDS. He spent eight weeks in ICU, underwent a tracheotomy, was treated with thirty different antibiotics and steroids, but still developed sepsis.
He spent almost 5 months in hospital and lost 60 pounds – when he came back home, he was oxygen constantly. After some physical rehabilitation he grew a little stronger, when another setback occurred – he developed Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibroses which would be fatal if not treated.
He and his wife decided that he should go in for a lung transplant, he applied and finally had it done in Toronto, when it was available. He also underwent three months of extensive rehabilitation. Now he can breathe on his own.
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