My dad has his knee replaced last week and has been home recovering pretty well. Besides having a bum leg, he has no health issues and is never sick. He’s a tough 70 years old. I got a call at 3am that mom was loading him up and taking him to ER. He had 103.4 fever, shallow breathing and was talking out of his head. Doctors feared a clot, but all test have come back good. His oxygen percentage was 81%. Doppler of leg, scan of lungs, good. His bloodwork showed no infection, etc. They think they narrowed it down to Altelectasis. An ailment caused by shallow breathing (shallow breathing caused by pain) in which the lower part of the lung deflates and can cause both fever and labored breathing. (That’s how it was explained to me by his orthopedic surgeon). They gave him some oxygen and he’s feeling better, but say a prayer for my dad if you have the chance.
He’s concerned about his Wyoming hunt in November. I’m concerned about my Dad. Thank y’all.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
He’s concerned about his Wyoming hunt in November. I’m concerned about my Dad. Thank y’all.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Comment