Gonna try to pick-up on day two at the hospital - details are very, very sketchy. My nurse I think was training someone so everything took forever as the nurse let the other one do all the work. The hospital pharmacy obviously doesn't use puffers so my doc substituted Breo and Incruse for Symbicort and Spriva which was almost impossible for me to drawer into my lungs. My doc also added some meds to my usual mix but I can't remember what they were. Managed to get them to let me use my Symbicort from home but not the Spiriva. Was on iv levaquin and another antibiotic.
Had nebulizer breathing treatments every four hours. Seemed like half the hospital personal came in with more information than my pea brain could handle. There was even a physical therapist that wanted me to take a walk - ARE YOU KIDDING? I can barely get to the bathroom six feet from my bed.
I had been constipated about four days and couldn't eat as my belly was distended and painful. Doc added different stool softeners to my med mix with no immediate effect. Finally I just opted for a scrambled egg and a banana. - Bad idea.
I was also hooked up to a heart monitor and a pulse/hr monitor which I had to disconnect to get to the bathroom (not the heart monitor, that was wireless).
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I think it was day three and respiratory did another ABG. Still high so they brought in a bipap. I fought with that bad boy; it wanted me to inhale when I needed to exhale - that didn't last long.
Finally, around my third nebulizer treatment, the tech brought a "Vibralung" and hooked it up to the nebulizer. It plays audible frequencies and you can actually feel mucous breaking up - coolest thing since sliced bread. After several treatments with the device I actually started breathing a tiny bit better.
Gonna try to pick-up on day two at the hospital - details are very, very sketchy. My nurse I think was training someone so everything took forever as the nurse let the other one do all the work. The hospital pharmacy obviously doesn't use puffers so my doc substituted Breo and Incruse for Symbicort and Spriva which was almost impossible for me to drawer into my lungs. My doc also added some meds to my usual mix but I can't remember what they were. Managed to get them to let me use my Symbicort from home but not the Spiriva. Was on iv levaquin and another antibiotic.
Had nebulizer breathing treatments every four hours. Seemed like half the hospital personal came in with more information than my pea brain could handle. There was even a physical therapist that wanted me to take a walk - ARE YOU KIDDING? I can barely get to the bathroom six feet from my bed.
I had been constipated about four days and couldn't eat as my belly was distended and painful. Doc added different stool softeners to my med mix with no immediate effect. Finally I just opted for a scrambled egg and a banana. - Bad idea.
I was also hooked up to a heart monitor and a pulse/hr monitor which I had to disconnect to get to the bathroom (not the heart monitor, that was wireless).
I think it was day three and respiratory did another ABG. Still high so they brought in a bipap. I fought with that bad boy; it wanted me to inhale when I needed to exhale - that didn't last long.
Finally, around my third nebulizer treatment, the tech brought a "Vibralung" and hooked it up to the nebulizer. It plays audible frequencies and you can actually feel mucous breaking up - coolest thing since sliced bread. After several treatments with the device I actually started breathing a tiny bit better.
I hear my nap calling me so I'll end here.