{"id":805,"date":"2024-12-18T05:59:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T05:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chrisplex.info\/?p=805"},"modified":"2024-12-19T22:46:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T22:46:27","slug":"respiratory-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosethrives.com\/?p=805","title":{"rendered":"Respiratory Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Respiratory Failure <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Over the years, my lung function has continually worsened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At first I needed a bipap at night, before long I started needing it during the day as well and was switched to non invasive ventilation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My lungs muscles and diaphragm were tightening, and my airway often spasmed so hard I could not breathe at all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did well for about 2 years on NIV, but then slowly started having more and more issues and severe hypercapnia and hypoxia in episodes. My oxygen would often sit at around 80% and it was hard to function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was told I’d need a trach to continue living. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I said no. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You are probably looking at the pictures and confused. Quite simply when I started to actually die I realized I wasn’t ready. So I spoke to the surgeon again and we made a plan for my permanent trach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After getting my trach I would gag and vomit constantly and was unable to speak for 3 months before we realized I was allergic to the typical Shiley trach. After switching to the Bivona, life got much better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I thought my troubles with breathing were over then, and for a while they were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I went into hypoxic respiratory failure and was put on oxygen. Better. Right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sorta, I recently learned you can go into acute on chronic respiratory failure after getting septic pneumonia. To put it simply, not a fun time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luckily I’m improving and overjoyed I made it through.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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