They came in my room after 6 days in the hospital on a high flow nasal cannula and woke me up to tell me since my O2 was only 89% on the high-flow that they had to put me on a bi-pap. Then after about 10 or 15 minutes of the bi-pap at 1:00 in the morning, they declared I had failed that at must be ventilated. I didn’t want to he but was worn out from fever/diarrhea/2days of Remdesivir (refused any more after 2nd day). They waited to intubate me until about 5 am when they could finally get ahold of my husband by phone so I could say my goodbyes. I did end up with a secondary bacterial pneumonia. Before they would give me a tracheostomy after 3 weeks on vent, they told my husband he would have to agree to changing my code status to DNR. I spent 5 weeks on the vent and 2 months in the hospital. It id only by God’s grace and answering of prayers that I survived hospital protocols. I was 49 at the time, and have 2 teen/preteen kids at home. I still require supplemental oxygen with exercise as the ventilator damaged my lungs. But praise God I’m still here with my husband and kids...
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