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My mom is in icu right now with a ventilator to help her breathe. how hard is to wean someone off a ventilator?
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Complex question: Sorry about your mom. How old is she? Why is she on a ventilator? What other diseases does she have? Was she a smoker? Does she have heart disease? How was her health before she got sick? These all determine how hard it will be to wean her off the ventilator.
Answered 4/30/2020
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