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<blockquote data-quote="Mystic Eye" data-source="post: 950487" data-attributes="member: 711">Thanks all, I am sort of back now but things are still tough. My mother is still, after two weeks, on a ventalator and still in the Critical Care Unit. They have just now began to wake her up from sedation feeling her heart and lungs is strong enough now to consider attempting taking her off ventalation.My Mom was a smoker from the time she was about 13 and she is really paying for it now unfortunately. She also has Lupus. Her Heart actually is recovering well from the attack but her lungs are a mess and it complicates her hearts ability to heal as it has to work so hard to keep her getting oxegen. If any of you are smokers I am not slamming you but take this to heart. If she was not a smoker for so long, even with Lupus, she would have already been out of CCU and in recovery but her lung disease is bad from all those years of smoking and the condition has made this very hard on her body. Add the lupus and she still has a tough fight on the road to recovery.Even if she recovers as fully as possible she will likely need to keep oxegen around due to the advanced lung disease and her now weaker heart.If only she had quite many years ago. Well, she has to quite now regardless.So again, thanks so much for keeping me and my Mom in your thoughts. I am scampering to catch up on things now so if you sent me emails I may be slow getting back to you but I will get back to ya.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mystic Eye, post: 950487, member: 711"] Thanks all, I am sort of back now but things are still tough. My mother is still, after two weeks, on a ventalator and still in the Critical Care Unit. They have just now began to wake her up from sedation feeling her heart and lungs is strong enough now to consider attempting taking her off ventalation. My Mom was a smoker from the time she was about 13 and she is really paying for it now unfortunately. She also has Lupus. Her Heart actually is recovering well from the attack but her lungs are a mess and it complicates her hearts ability to heal as it has to work so hard to keep her getting oxegen. If any of you are smokers I am not slamming you but take this to heart. If she was not a smoker for so long, even with Lupus, she would have already been out of CCU and in recovery but her lung disease is bad from all those years of smoking and the condition has made this very hard on her body. Add the lupus and she still has a tough fight on the road to recovery. Even if she recovers as fully as possible she will likely need to keep oxegen around due to the advanced lung disease and her now weaker heart. If only she had quite many years ago. Well, she has to quite now regardless. So again, thanks so much for keeping me and my Mom in your thoughts. I am scampering to catch up on things now so if you sent me emails I may be slow getting back to you but I will get back to ya. [/QUOTE]

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