Have you been surprised by a recent death by pneumonia of someone you know? (Poll)

[JohnnyRingo]

10. I'm posting from the CCU with pneuonia right now.

Last year this month I was here and slightly closer to death. They put me in a coma for a week to save me.
This time it's a collapsed upper lung with horrible chest pain. What caused me to call the ambulance was the 160 bpm heart rate. It took a while to call because I didn't believe the oxy-pulse meter.

When I arrived in the ER hospital staff came from all over to look in the room with the crazy beep. They finally stopped my heart for a few seconds, then started it back up hoping it would reset. I panicked as I couldn't breath and the world began fading away like the red light on an unplugged cable modem. I came back when it started and asked that they not do that again. Just like unplugging your cable and plugging back in, that didn't work, so they tried some other medicine that did.

Anyway, I've been her e since Thursday and advise everyone to avoid unnecessary contact this month, especially if you have a compromised respiratory system like mine. Pneumonia screws with everything and kills in unexpected ways. Just because you make it to the hospital doesn't mean you'll live.