My dad got taken to hospital on Wednesday. Although he felt no different and perfectly fine. The respiratory nurse came to see him, and he was on 8 litres of oxygen per minute, but his oxygen saturation was only 72%.
I phoned up dad earlier, and, apparently, he is currently on 10 litres of oxygen a minute (it was 8). And his oxygen saturation is sitting at 88%, which is still quite low. When they try to reduce his oxygen down to 8 litres per minute, his oxygen saturation goes down to 78%. I presume this is when he is just sat still.
What is going to happen to him? As far as I know, his home oxygen machine only goes to 10 litres per minute
He has also recently been told he has a bladder tumour. I mean, I just don't see how he will be fit for any kind of surgery. He is supposed to be seeing the consultant next week, he might still be in hospital. How long can he go on like this? How common is it for people to be on such high doses of oxygen?