Hello. My grandfather was in a nursing home being fed when he threw up and was having problems breathing so he was hospitalized. When he was in the ER, he was breathing on his own but was in pain. We were told he had pneumonia that day and that he was going to be kept. The next day though we were informed that he was having trouble breathing and he had to be out on a Bipap machine to help him breath. He has been in the hospital for about a week now on this machine. The family was told that he had been aspirating food and that it is in his lungs which is causing the breathing issues. He cannot swallow so he cannot eat anything or drink anything because the hospital is afraid that this may go down to the lungs as well and cause more issues. There was talking about using a feeding tube (which he had once before but was taken out) to get him more nutrition in his body but this causes an issue because he cannot breath on his own so the hospital does not know what procedure he can endure. What are some options that can be done in this case so that he can be treated?
Hello rearward welcome to Chat Doctor.come have evaluated your query for your grandfather in details .* This condition is of multifactorial probably multi organ involvement needs precise evaluation of the patient thoroughly, co relation with all supportive reports of laboratory, x-ray and others to comment further. Hope this will help to clear your doubt . Wishing him fine recovery. Always welcome for any further assistance anytime. Regards .