Re: A little unnerving Pravin

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> > Had a reminder today of why I should always have a spare O2 tank with

> me. (I know...DUH....this shouldn't be news to me but I got over

> confident and it bit me in the butt today).

> >

> > I had been out for several hours, to my sisters to use the treadmill,

> to visit with the elderly woman I look after 3 days a week etc. I was on

> my way home when I realized the AC was not working properly and then

> noticed the temp gauge on my car was in the red zone. Long story short

> I ended up in a KMart parking lot waiting for a tow truck, down to the

> dregs on my oxygen tank.

> > I finally broke down and called my parents (which is what I really

> wanted to avoid because I knew panic would ensue) and asked them to

> bring me a tank from home. By this time I was out of oxygen. Good old

> pursed lip breathing kept me in mostly in the mid-90's for nearly a half

> hour. The tow truck and my parents showed up at the same time and very

> quickly all was well once again. Car got towed to the mechanic, I

> changed my tank and was driven home by my panicky mother who kept

> looking at me as though she expected I would expire momentarily.

> >

> > So I'm home and just tired tonight. My new solemn vow:

> >

> > I will never leave home without an extra full tank of oxygen!

> >

> > Beth

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> > Fibrotic NSIP 06/06 Dermatomyositis 11/08

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