Pneumonia Narrative

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Well in jan 2010 i got Pneumonia and was in the hospital for a week.Then was released with asthma , a few months went by and I kept coughing and coughing up everything I would drink. So my mom took me to the doctors on May 26, 2010. I will never forget this day I went to the doctors they ran many many tests on me everything came back normal but my mom told the doctors “something's really wrong with my son“ so then they ran some more test and found out that every time I would drink it would go straight to my lungs i was basically drowning So i was put in the intensive care unit with a tube going into my notes to my stomach so I can get liquids A couple days later I had a tube put in my stomach .. I could no longer drink without choking (drowning)

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