From Ventilator to FINISH line in 11 days flat
Taken only 11 days apart, I think these two photos of my ICU nurse andRead More
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Advance Health Care Directive
The events of recent weeks has made me think really hard about just how longRead More
11 responsesMy 133rd hospitalization for asthma
- Arterial Blood gases
- Asthma
- Asthma hospitalization
- Bipap
- Bronchiolitis Obliterans
- Intubation
- Other medical problems
- Secondary conditions
- Severe asthma
- Ventilator
My 133rd hospitalization occurred on 10-9-2017. The trigger wasn’t the usual environmental allergies or respRead More
4 responsesIn other news
- Asthma
- asthma awareness
- Asthma exacerbations
- Funny asthma stuff
- Intubation
- intubation
- Lifestyle changes
- Lung Transplant
- Other medical tests
- Ventilator
And despite all the medical appointments, I still managed to learn a dozen new tunes.Read More
Leave a commentTreatment overload
- Air-trapping
- Alternative Asthma treatments
- Asthma
- Asthma care plan
- Asthma Co-Morbidities
- Asthma medical tests
- Asthma Medications
- Bipap
- Hospitals
- Intubation
- Lung Transplant
- Other medical problems
- Other medical tests
- pre lung transplant
- Shortness of Breath
- Steroids ( prednisone)
- Ventilator
Yes, another update about treatment options. Things seem to be changing at a lightening paceRead More
2 responsesNo matter how well I take care of myself
- Asthma
- asthma awareness
- Asthma Education
- Asthma exacerbations
- Asthma hospitalization
- Asthma Medications
- Intubation
- Severe asthma
- Ventilator
Not sure what’s going on. Since 2003 when my asthma started to get really bad,Read More
8 responsesICU delirium got a hold on me
- Asthma
- asthma awareness
- Asthma hospitalization
- Bipap
- Dyspnea
- Intubation
- intubation
- Shortness of Breath
- Steroids ( prednisone)
- Ventilator
If you’ve suffered from asthma for any length of time and/or have been hospitalized forRead More
6 responsesWhat’s it like to be intubated for asthma?
The search term “Intubation” comes up fairly often on my blog’s traffic logs, so IRead More
28 responsesThe impatient patient
- Asthma
- Asthma exacerbations
- Asthma hospitalization
- Intubation
- Marathon Training
- Marathon walking
- Portland Marathon
- Steroids ( prednisone)
- Ventilator
Oh goody, another post about asthma exacerbation recovery. After being discharged from the hospital onlyRead More
5 responses104th trip to the slammer for Asthma
- Asthma
- Asthma exacerbations
- Exacerbation Recovery
- Intubation
- intubation
- People, Places and Events
- Recovering from severe asthma attack
- Severe asthma
- Ventilator
Greetings from the 14th floor isolation room a top the Moffitt building at UCSF medicalRead More
17 responsesBack to Life
- Asthma
- Asthma hospitalization
- Asthma research
- Exacerbation Recovery
- Friends/Bloggers
- SARP
- Ventilator
[Not lookin too bad for someone who was on a ventilator just 11 days earlier..eh?]Read More
9 responsesHospital stay #97
- Arterial Blood gases
- Asthma
- Asthma exacerbations
- Asthma hospitalization
- Asthma medical tests
- Asthma Medications
- Bipap
- Dyspnea
- Exacerbation Recovery
- Intubation
- Nebulizer treatments
- oxygen
- Peak Flows
- Pulmonary function tests
- Respiratory Therapy
- Sally Wenzel
- Shortness of Breath
- Ventilator
- Wheeze
Battle scars: 4 failed arterial line attempts and 12 failed IV attempts. I have noRead More
27 responsesNewly discovered horror pictures
Just in time for Halloween! Some newly discovered horror show pictures. Last week while IRead More
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