In a message dated 9/23/2003 5:48:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > My mom has emhasema and is on oxygen. about a year ago they put her on > liquid oxygen - she wasn't happy about it - that means she is getting worse, > and > it is different. But ! in a power outage, I don't have to worry that she > doesn't have electricity to get her oxygen to her. It is just a large tank > filled > with it, and a valve that dispenses it as she breathes. She still has an > electric one, in case she runs out of her liquid. That would be very > frightening > to not have oxygen when you needed it. My mom can't go long at all now > without it - I'm glad the man is ok and it all worked out so great! and the > ambulances could get thru! Mother nature sure is an odd one! > > crisS > Hi cris, My dad had severe emphysema as well. Unfortunately, he passed away last December from sarcoma of the lungs a rare lung cancer. He had a tumor in his windpipe from the lung to the windpipe.It is hard to watch someone suffer with breathing problems. I have asthma/allergies myself and it is scarey not to breathe. christine To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk