My mother is of 60 yrs. she is in hospital for a quite some time now. during her stay she had episodes of?

breathlesness and rapid heart rates. she never had asthama or any other lung related problem but docs. say her lungs have lost elasticity and has fibrosis. so they started nebulising her (with Levosalbutamol ).suddenly one night she had major respiratory problem & her C02 levels reached very high and she was put into ventilation.since then she is on ventilation and docs say that she has a lungs infection. her blood count is also high. her x-ray showed that some fluid formation has collasped her right lungs.Then broncoscopy was done and sputum taken for culture revealed that the infection she has is resistant to many common antibiotics and is not yet controlled. she was given many antibiotics like amoxicillin clauvenate,clarithromycin, linezolid, tegacycline. Now she is given tobramycin (thru inhalation). will she be cured and will she win out of ventilation. did initial nebulization caused all this and infection. actually she was hospitalised for other reasons. she was on IV for Na+

She has picked up some bag bug and it was probably not from the nebs given earlier - they come in sterile unit dosages. She has a battle in front of her - it sounds as if she is very, very ill. There is always hope that she can recover from this. Her will to live may be the determining factor. Encourage her to fight and with the help of antibiotics, hopefully, some day she might come off the ventilator.

You have told us what she has gone through but never came around to asking a question.

Your mother's condition is very complex. It is your right as a relative to ask questions to the docs. Find out about prognosis and causes.