nsmith555
Active member
- Joined
- Feb 27, 2007
- Messages
- 67
- Reason
- Loved one DX
- Diagnosis
- 03/2007
- Country
- US
- State
- OK
- City
- Guthrie
Greetings,
This is hard to write.
My mom (my PALS) has been declining rather rapidly over the last few weeks. Just this past week she's had a few days of substantial overall weakness and her breathlessness is getting worse. The night before last she evidently felt that she could not breathe at all.
She's not been very good about using her bipap - she's complained of claustraphobia.
I'm wondering if this is the beginnings of respiratory failure. I'm just trying to prepare myself. I am very scared that she will go through a lot of panic and anguish if she just can't breathe and I just really don't know what the process of respiratory failure entails.
I just need some insight.
Thanks in advance,
God Bless you all,
Nicki
This is hard to write.
My mom (my PALS) has been declining rather rapidly over the last few weeks. Just this past week she's had a few days of substantial overall weakness and her breathlessness is getting worse. The night before last she evidently felt that she could not breathe at all.
She's not been very good about using her bipap - she's complained of claustraphobia.
I'm wondering if this is the beginnings of respiratory failure. I'm just trying to prepare myself. I am very scared that she will go through a lot of panic and anguish if she just can't breathe and I just really don't know what the process of respiratory failure entails.
I just need some insight.
Thanks in advance,
God Bless you all,
Nicki