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[confused112170]

my mom has many things wrong with her..yesterday she came home from hospital and they told her that her breathing is getting worste .shes on oxygen 24 hrs its 3litters  and copd and dieabeties and so many more..she cant get up ha;f the time because she so out of breath.i know there will come a time she wont be able to get up,but im worried she got worse so fast..what are the signs that she wont b here that long..i mean how do i know its getting close

[confused112170]

my mother also has emphysema and when she came home from the hospital a couple days ago they told he it was getting worse and she still smoking,she cant get up to eat at times she only 64 and walks with a walker and a scooter.what am i to exspect? how much worse does this get ? and how long can she go on like this?

[Victoireh]

I"m going to make an assumption she is or was a smoker? If she hasn't stopped smoking the COPD will progress much faster then if she doesn't smoke. The fact that she is on oxygen could very well mean that she has lost a great deal of lung function and she could be experiencing heart failure as well. Uncontrolled diabetes also contributes to heart damage and various other organ damage. So it really depends on how well her diseases are being controlled and other factors. My grandmother lived for nearly 10 years with heart and lung failure, and she also had diabetes. However, she never smoked a day in her life. If you really need to know what her future prognosis is, then you could ask her doctor?