Hello everyone. New member here.
I’m looking for comfort, some words of reassurance even though I am totally aware of the severity of the situation
My grandad was diagnosed with Emphysema a year ago, after 6-9 months struggling with breathlessness and low oxygen levels. He has gotten worse over this covid lockdown and now his oxygen levels are dropping further, despite being on 12litres of oxygen pm.
Last night he was admitted to hospital to see what they can do to help him, but it has been mentioned that hospice care might be needed. He is now at end stage by the looks of things.
I am at a total loss, I can’t stop crying and the guilt has ate me up. Where I am in the world, we are under a local lockdown due to COVID which means it is now illegal (yes, literally made it law) to step into another persons home. Since he is poorly with his lungs I deemed it best not to tempt to break those rules in case of passing something onto him. I haven’t seen him in almost a month (although we do talk over the phone/FaceTime) and now the guilt is overwhelming. I pray and pray he gets out of hospital today or tomorrow because I will be going straight to his home to see him. I’m not wasting any more time.
So sorry as this isn’t really a question, just posting to vent my feelings as I feel I have no one to talk to. There isn’t much support for either patient or family members in the U.K. with lung disease :(
Thanks if you read this