Normal etiquette (sp?) requires one to
search and investigate a new forum before
posting. However, i'm in a very desperate
situation. A quick background. My
mother, 54 years old, has ms, mg and
asthma. She has faired very well with
multiple sclorosis the last 15 years
compared to most with this disease. She
has battled about 10 cases of namonia
(sp?) through this time. This time things
are catching up with her with this last
bout of namonia. The doctors have told us
there is nothing more they can do. She
has been intubated, then taken off and
intubated again (current). One doctor has
advised to just let the condition take
it's course as he says her lungs are dead.
She decided yesturday to keep trying and
allowed herself to be intubated (sp?)
again. She is breathing mostly on her own
now, dispite the intubation, but still has
some namonia/fluid occurring in her lungs.
I have read that the lungs can recover to
some extent. Obviously severe physical
damamge cannot be recovered. They don't
expect recovery at this point.
I ran across this bbc article on the net:
http://news.Bbc.Co
.Uk/2/hi/health/1298102.Stm
anyone know any more info. On this? Can
anyone give me some resources for more
knowledgeable doctors on this situation?
Please understand this is a plea for any
information someone else may have via the
vast resource of the internet. I may have
left some pertinant information out in
this post so please don't hesitate to ask
to elaborate. I am doing everything I can
to find a possible hope/solution that our
current doctors may not know about. We've
all heard of it happening before, no
doctor knows of every current
treatment/solution.
Thankyou for any help offered!
Aaron
