(09-21-2021, 01:55 AM)Dom Wrote:(09-21-2021, 01:49 AM)KevinM1 Wrote:(09-20-2021, 10:51 PM)Dom Wrote: Hubby woke up on a ventilator in the ICU once. It didn't bother him so much since he was drugged as can be, but when they removed it, that was horrifying! Pulling it out is not fun. Lifted him right up out of bed.
Yeah, I was awake when they took mine out. "Take as deep of an intake of air as you can, and then push it out while we pull out the tube."
The tube was a fair amount longer than I had anticipated.
Hubby wasn't conscious enough to cooperate in any meaningful way - he did open his eyes and see and recognize me and that was about the extent of his capabilities at the time. So the doc yanked it out as fast as possible, lifting my poor emaciated, elderly hubby off the bed in the process. Just by yanking the tube.
