It sucks though, if he was too groggy to call for help when he had breathing problems. I’ve had family members sick in the past few months, and I think taking a powerful sleeping pill would be very unwise.
Perhaps it was sleep apnea, that’s how Reggie White died.
>>>>>breathing problems. I’ve had family members sick in the past few months, and I think taking a powerful sleeping pill would be very unwise.
I personally had something like this several months ago. Initially diagnosed in ER as “severe pneumonia”, it turned out not to be, but had some of these lung-fluid and breathing symptoms. It was pretty darned frightening until the 911 EMS arrived and provided oxygen.
Anyway, all better now but I can easily see how a *real* pneumonia sufferer might have worse symptoms and/or improper response to the symptoms and end up .....
The problem is that the lung-fluids can be episodic: one minute you’re fine and 10 minutes later you’re having breathing problems. Then fine again. If you ignore those swings too many times or for too long, a subsequent episode might be the last.
My caution is that if you see someone else having these kinds of breathing episodes, and particularly if their breathing or coughing sounds “wet”, you should make sure that they get to an ER or call 911 on their behalf. This stuff can seem innocuous but it can also kill.