My mom who was 74 died last wednesday..She had empysema for about 10 yrs and for the last 6 yrs she had been on oxygen 24/7….She had been sick on and off since january and had been in the hospital in january for a week with pneumonia and then in a nursing home/rehab center for 6 weeks for physical therapy to get stronger so she could come home…She had been home for about 3 weeks when she went back in the hospital on april 1 cause she was sick again and week and could not eat…They took tests and found out that everything she ate and drank was going to her lungs..When she was in rehab she was getting her food soften in a food processer to make it easier for her to eat cause for months everytime she would eat she would start coughing…When she got home my sister who had always lived with her along with my brother in-law and my sisters daughter who also live there they would also put her food in a food processer…2 days before my mom died they put a feeding tube in her…
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My mom who was 74 died last wednesday..She had empysema for about 10 yrs and for the last 6 yrs she had been on oxygen 24/7….She had been sick on and off since january and had been in the hospital in january for a week with pneumonia and then in a nursing home/rehab center for 6 weeks for physical therapy to get stronger so she could come home…She had been home for about 3 weeks when she went back in the hospital on april 1 cause she was sick again and week and could not eat…They took tests and found out that everything she ate and drank was going to her lungs..When she was in rehab she was getting her food soften in a food processer to make it easier for her to eat cause for months everytime she would eat she would start coughing…When she got home my sister who had always lived with her along with my brother in-law and my sisters daughter who also live there they would also put her food in a food processer…2 days before my mom died they put a feeding tube in her…
My mom who was 74 died last wednesday and was buried on saturday..She had empysema for about 10 yrs and for the past 6 yrs had been on oxygen 24/7…She had been sick on and off since january and in january she was in the hospital for a week and then for 6 weeks she had been in a nursing home/rehab center getting physical therapy to get stronger so she could go home..Well she had been home for about 3 weeks when she went back into the hospital cause for about a week or more she was sick again and weak and barely eating..She went back on april 1st and a few days later they took tests and found out that everything she was eating and drinking was going straight to her lungs..When she was in rehab they were softening her food in a food processer cause everytime she ate she would start coughing and when she got home my sister,her husband and my sisters daughter continued to do the same thing….Nobody knew she had this problem with her food and drinking going into her lungs until she had