My husband and I took my brother out for dinner last night at Panera. I noticed he had a pretty significant gurgle so I asked the nurse practitioner to look at him. She just called. She said his lungs sounded pretty clear and that where his pneumonia that he had last month occurred suggested aspiration.
This is not the first time I have heard this theory. I heard it a lot when he was throwing up a lot several years ago. That time, it turned out to be infected gall bladder stones. So I kind of poo-pooed it, and let her know that gurgling in the past has been a major sign of impending congestive heart failure.
But his vitals are good and his lungs sound good, and of course, today, he had no gurgle. So only time will tell.
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