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Raine

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46. My father was on one 12yrs ago before died

Sun Aug 22, 2021, 03:53 AM

Aug 2021

I had no idea how horrible that thing was until he was on it. I regret to this day that I gave permission for them to hook him up to it. I would never do that again or want it for myself.

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Do you want to know what happens to you on a ventilator? [View all] leftieNanner Aug 2021 OP

And Yet People Don't Want To Wear A Mask Because It's Uncomfortable. Idiots. COL Mustard Aug 2021 #1

It's a horrible way to die. cate94 Aug 2021 #2

It's awful, and I can't read that article right now. Treefrog Aug 2021 #3

I know the feeling he had. roamer65 Aug 2021 #6

I think of articles like this Bayard Aug 2021 #4

My Mother Tink41 Aug 2021 #5

This is the most graphic and gruesome description of the horrors of Covid I've seen yet. jmbar2 Aug 2021 #7

Yep, should be on every evening news broadcast. KS Toronado Aug 2021 #11

And every Rebl2 Aug 2021 #16

Agree. erronis Aug 2021 #24

I sent it to Rachel leftieNanner Aug 2021 #25

many ppl have no recollection of what these are . AllaN01Bear Aug 2021 #8

my poor premature son was on a ventilator for the first couple months of his life LymphocyteLover Aug 2021 #9

wow llashram Aug 2021 #10

This made me cry: JoeOtterbein Aug 2021 #12

Could the monoclonal antibody treatment have prevented this? jmbar2 Aug 2021 #13

It can - if you get the treatment before you get very sick leftieNanner Aug 2021 #26

I once took care of a man who had treatable pneumonia but his family TNNurse Aug 2021 #14

I wish there was a way to safely and legally let an anti vaxxer experience what it Tadpole Raisin Aug 2021 #35

I'd like to see a series of :30 videos ... Auggie Aug 2021 #15

I was on a ventilator for ARDS in 1988 for over a week wryter2000 Aug 2021 #17

Absolutely right leftieNanner Aug 2021 #28

Cardinal Burke was on the vent was removed from the vent after five days LeftInTX Aug 2021 #44

That's good news leftieNanner Aug 2021 #49

I think what they wrote was probably more applicable at the beginning of the pandemic LeftInTX Aug 2021 #50

The article I posted at the beginning leftieNanner Aug 2021 #51

Well, I would rather die than be on a ventilator. PatrickforB Aug 2021 #18

I had that choice wryter2000 Aug 2021 #37

Yeah, I hear you, but I'm in my sixties, and have a number of health issues, PatrickforB Aug 2021 #45

I was on a vent for 3 months samplegirl Aug 2021 #19

Someone posted this video here about a week ago - it is from Australia rurallib Aug 2021 #20

Horrible! Owl Aug 2021 #21

I worked in an ICU within hearing and seeing of patients on ventilators. Grasswire2 Aug 2021 #22

I was the unit clerk, which in those days (prior to computerized charting)... Grasswire2 Aug 2021 #23

You got that wryter2000 Aug 2021 #39

This article really frightens me about the future of nursing in general. erronis Aug 2021 #27

Clearly NOTHING gets through to some of them durablend Aug 2021 #29

I watched my mom spend her last few weeks on this earth redstatebluegirl Aug 2021 #30

I got within a whisker last September. It's not pneumonia JCMach1 Aug 2021 #31

Glad you were able to recover. Elessar Zappa Aug 2021 #48

I had the wind knocked out of me when I slipped on a trampoline in gym class eons ago Tadpole Raisin Aug 2021 #32

when I first came to Texas I ate a jalapeno in a restaurant Skittles Aug 2021 #40

This article should be required-reading for legislators Fritz Walter Aug 2021 #33

Bookmarking this - someday I may be brave enough to read it. calimary Aug 2021 #34

Btw, watching the grim COVID news this morning, calimary Aug 2021 #36

And the thought just occurred to me... calimary Aug 2021 #38

My housemate is a retired RN. Texaswitchy Aug 2021 #41

I would sooner die Calculating Aug 2021 #42

I've been on a vent and didn't experience most of this. KentuckyWoman Aug 2021 #43

My father was on one 12yrs ago before died Raine Aug 2021 #46

More people should read this scrabblequeen40 Aug 2021 #47