I never had a lung issue in my life. I'd driven my granddaughter to the beach, came home and suddenly my back felt on fire! There was no air and everything was going black. I remember the paramedics vaguely. I was given 100% oxygen and tossed in the ct machine. Then to the ICU. I dont recall day 1. Later I was put on an evo? for air. Big tubes with water rushing through. I was there for 4 days as although I could use the commode beside my bed, I would de sat by the time I'd finished and laid back down. Then nasal prongs on 6 litres 02 and put on a Ward. They weaned me off the oxygen completely in the next 5 days and sent home. My own doctor was not involved but just sent info from hospital doctors. They ruled out covid and pneumonia. I was on a ton of antibiotics and prednisone but nothing really made a difference. I had no mucous and white cell count normal. No one knows. All I have is an appt in 3 months for another ct.
My sats are ok if I go very slow. They seem to dip most when I sit back down. I'm now on a cpap which last night I put my oximeter on and my sats were 85.
I did have pneumonia 20 years ago but no one said anything after I recovered and never had an issue.
There were no discharge orders other than I will be called for a ct appointment and I can return to work Sept 18! That's not happening! I have an appointment with my gp tomorrow and have been put on small doses of ativan because I'm panicked to move. Will this get better? Is this as good as it gets? I'm a grandma of 9 and still working in the medical field. Is that done? So many questions. No answers. Thank you for reading!