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Getting Comfortable with Oxygen Therapy
My Dad and I live together. After his recent hospital stay, his doctor sent him home with oxygen therapy. I’m not sure for how long.
We’ve got a concentrator, compressor, two small tanks, and a humongous emergency tank in case the power goes out. My Dad is hooked up to the concentrator when he is [...]
Posted: March 29th, 2009 under COPD.
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He feels fine, but I feel like crap!
I found myself in a strange predicament when my Dad returned home. I was happy to see that he felt good. In fact, he was one happy customer. You wouldn’t have even known he’d spent five days in the hospital. He felt better than he had for two months.
I, on the hand, felt like someone [...]
Posted: February 20th, 2009 under Attitude, COPD.
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It was all for Naught
The Monday after my Dad came home, I hadn’t heard back from the hospital doctor. I took matters into my own hands. Since we had no clue what was going on with my Dad’s treatment, I called his GP. It didn’t help to find out he wasn’t not informed about my Dad’s hospital stay and [...]
Posted: February 17th, 2009 under COPD.
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Oxygen Machine Freak Out
The day after my Dad came home, I was utterly and completely exhausted. I was emotionally drained from a week of worry and I had to deal with the ramifications of my Dad being on oxygen.
I can tell you that despite the representative telling us that the equipment was perfectly safe if used properly, he [...]
Posted: February 16th, 2009 under COPD.
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