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Nurse does gut wrenching video about Covid-19 (Original Post) Nevilledog Aug 2021 OP
My partner died many years ago after 6 weeks on a ventilator. Maraya1969 Aug 2021 #1
I'm so sorry. StarryNite Aug 2021 #3
Oh my ... Delphinus Aug 2021 #5
They just make a "different " type of noise UpInArms Aug 2021 #2
And that alarm dianaredwing Aug 2021 #4

Maraya1969

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1. My partner died many years ago after 6 weeks on a ventilator.
Wed Aug 25, 2021, 03:15 PM
Aug 2021

She was able to scribble, "Pump hurts" once. Other than that she would flutter her eyes a lot. I always checked the amount of oxygen they were giving her because they told me that using oxygen will keep the person alive but it somehow makes the lungs worse. So you want the amount of oxygen as low as possible while getting an adequate amount in the blood supply.

The day before she died she turned her head to me and mouthed, "I love you" so clearly. I jumped up and started saying how we were going to take a vacations and blah blah blah and she just looked straight ahead with her eyes fluttering. And then I knew what that, "I love you" meant. She knew she was about to die. And the next day that's what happened.

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