What do you think is wrong?

[burgur1954]

My wife is in CCU. She came in the hospital because her heart was throwing PVC'S. They found pockets of fluid on her lungs and her oxgyn level was around 88 percent. I've heard a lot of different things, but they said she had pnemonia, and it caused the the fluid pockets to form on her lungs, but nobobdy id sdressing the PVC's. I am very concered that her heart is bad. They gave her some pills for her heart, but I not sure what there called. They had to insert a chest tube to drain off the fluid. She is breathing but she is struggling. She was told she had COPD, but she doese not think so. She is a smoker so this concerns me as well. Anyone knows anything please let me know. Thanks

[NTB]

I'm sorry, that sounded pretty brusque of me. I guess what I should have said is that they are probably concerned most about the pneumonia... and that's why she's in CCU.

As far as PVCs, somebody else her might know more but I believe that some/most kinds are harmless - unless there are underlying heart problems. I suppose what you might be looking at is that heart failure could have led to pulmonary edema.

Good luck to her and to you, and I hope that you have a better New Year.

[NTB]

Hi. What's her age? For any person over, say, 75-80 yrs old, then pneumonia can be the biggest threat of all. Pneumonia can kill an elderly person in a day.

But if she was born in 1954 (as hinted from your screen name) then she has a much better chance, especially after the first day or two of crisis has passed.