My nan has aggressive pneumonia. It has attacked the kidneys, one of her lungs has collapsed and she has just had a fit too. She is under sedation and on life support.Are there any nurses out there with experience of this?At the moment they are attempting to clean her blood but taking it out, cleaning it and putting it back.What will happen next? What are her chances??I am trying to juggle being with her (even though she doesnt know i am there), being with my family and having to come to work!
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You don't give her age, but the fact that she is on dialysis and has had one lung collapse does not indicate a good outcome. I am sure they are aggressively treating the infection, and are trying to help her pulmonary issues through the use of a ventilator. The kidneys are failing as well, so the dialysis is necessary to remove the toxins from her system. Her recovery depends on many different things - the success of the antibiotics; how damaged her lungs and kidneys are; her health prior to this; and her will to live. If she is too weak to fight this, at some point other major organs will begin to shut down (liver, bladder, heart) and the doctors may ask the family if they want to suspend treatment. If she is going to recover, you should start seeing improvement soon. You need to communicate with her doctors and do so frequently. Perhaps it would be a good idea to ask her doctors exactly what you are asking in this forum. They will be able to give you better answers than we can. I am sorry she is going through this and wish all of you the best of luck.
-Collapsus 1 sioe of lung? may be also that is Tuberculosis or lung cancer?
-Pneumonia in elderly has a so bad pronostic
-With ventilation, then clean her.. after that is other complication such as skin ulcer, septicemia...
-All abilities of recover depend on her immunity, her takecare and nutrition, drugs resistance of bacteria ...
-your family should alternatively her take care
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