liking life feelings

To the Respiratory Therapist Who Comforted Me During My Worst Moments

Reading now: 371
themighty.com

It was like I was repeatedly drowning on dry land. I was in the ICU after intubation from a routine surgery that deeply aggravated my autoimmune disease, causing me to be reventilated after surgery.

I was eventually extubated, but it left my airways swollen to the point of almost being completely shut off. I was on high-flow oxygen and every two hours I would wake up coughing, wheezing, gasping, and begging my lungs to fill with air.

Then I’d press the call button and pray respiratory therapy would come as quickly as they could, only to get enough relief to once again fall back to sleep after being given the most powerful inhaled steroids my hospital had to offer.

Read more on themighty.com
The website mental.guide is an aggregator of articles from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the article if you find it unreliable.

Related articles

DMCA