the doctor called me at about 6pm and told me that mum could possibly be discharged tomorrow. she said she will do some final checks tomorrow morning before she confirms it. she explained that mum had too much water in her lungs and this worsened her asthmatic condition.
well, that kinda explained why mum was not responsive to the nebuliser nor the oxygen machine when i administered to her over the weekend. and the water was likely due to her insistence on drinking lots of water despite telling her not to. it's not the first time already, but somehow she just refused to control her water intake. i was able to control it when i was around, but once i was not around…
let's hope she learns from this lesson once again...
Lungs have water? Pleural effusion?
ReplyDeletetalking like a medical professional! haha… but no la. it is not pleural effusion. she had water in her lungs (alveoli) such that it affected her oxygen-intake ability.
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