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Originally Posted by GregWeld
Oh yeah --- CHF and COPD.... and still smoked up a storm even while having to be hooked 24/7 to oxygen. Sorry smokers... you're just D U M B.
She lived 4 more years in a private nursing home (5 people lived there) - sitting in a chair - too weak to care for herself.... costing me a small fortune. Cost me an extra $5 per cigarette because someone had to take her outside and be with her while she puffed away. That's some addiction right there!
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Oh wow. Thats too bad.
My Dad's CHF is a result of CHOP Chemo he had to undergo during his 2nd round of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Cancer that he had in the late 90's. the LVAD pump (think electronic water pump, but hookedup to the heart and pumps blood instead) will (hopefully) be a short term fix until he is healthy enough to undergo a full on Heart Transplant. Assuming he gets that far. he's having some trouble right now (not with the device, but seizures and some mental issues). Talk about a scary road.
Sorry to hear about your parents Greg.