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Father on ventilation for 5th day. What to expect?

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MikeGreo
MikeGreo

My father is on ventilation for the 5th day. They took x-ray of the lungs. Good news is its stopped progressing, but it also looking the same from 2 days ago. This is day 11 from onset of symptoms.

What does it mean if lung x-ray looks same from 2 days ago? It's not progressing, but hasn't started regressing yet. What can we expect? He is already been given medications such as Dexamethasone, Favipiravir, Azithromycin.

His lungs was shown to have viral pneumonia. Everything else is fine. The doctor describes him as being stable.

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  • MoGuest
    MoGuest MikeGreo

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    How old is he?

    People we have known who died from COVID had unstable vital signs on and off during the ventilation process, so if you father is stable and remains stable that is a good sign.

    As a last resort ECMO is an option.

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