We were told that my grandmother wouldn't live for longer than a few weeks if we didn't agree to a feeding tube (which we didn't) She went through a period of a few days without eating and drinking and ran a high fever about a week ago. We were prepared for the worst. On the third day she began to come out of the fever and started drinking like crazy. I gave her 7 sodas and 3 cups of water that night. The following day the Dr. told us that she had asperating pnemonia. This has been about a week ago. Can anyone help me understand whats going on? I can't help but feel like all the drinking was my fault and I question how long she can live with this condition.
2007-08-26 16:37:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
it means she is inhaling her gastic aka stomach acids into her lower airways
2007-08-26 16:46:23 · answer #1 · answered by 321 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your grandmother is obviously having difficulty swallowing for them to suggest a feeding tube.
If she has aspiration pneumonia, it meant the pneumonia has ben brought on by her inhaling something instead of swallowing it.
This may speed her on her way a day or two sooner than teh timeframe you were origionally given, or make no difference.
Yes, the fluids were probably the culprit, but the alternative was letting her die of thirst!
2007-08-26 16:55:38 · answer #2 · answered by Tarkarri 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Aspirate means that someone has taken into their lungs
a foreign object: solid, liquid, or anything. When someone
has aspirated fluid into the lungs, they often get pneumonia
from the irritation and inflammation in the bronchioles--the
tubes in the lungs that pass air.
Your grandmother may have aspirated what she was
drinking--or she may have aspirated saliva.
Good luck and I hope she recovers well.
2007-08-26 16:46:25 · answer #3 · answered by naturemama6 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It means that instead of swallowing liquids, she is inhaling them into her lungs. This has led to an infection of pneumonia.
I'm not a doctor, but I highly doubt it's your fault. I think it's caused by a problem in the actual mechanics of swallowing.
2007-08-26 16:44:51 · answer #4 · answered by Steve-O 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They suck in air turbo charged injects it.
2016-03-13 00:38:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not your fault....it has nothing to do with your actions.
2007-08-26 16:45:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋