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Midnight Writer

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2. My Dad had congestive heart failure, and his lungs would fill with fluid, making it hard to breathe.

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Mon May 18, 2020, 08:44 PM

May 2020

One of the things we learned was keep him sitting up, let him sleep in a recliner with his chest higher than his feet, or even to walk around a little. It made it easier for him to breathe.

I was surprised to see these Covid patients in the hospital lying flat on their backs. We were told that is the worst position for someone with fluid in their lungs.

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