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My grandfather is in the icu, he's suffering from kidney failure, he's undergoing dialysis 3 times a week, he's also battling pneumonia, and today his doctor said that we are looking at acute respiratory failure. Information about him he's 83 years old, he had open heart surgery when he was 45 years old. He's been under a medically induced coma so they can use a ventilator. We are looking for alternatives with his treatment, i'm seriously worried that he'll go into a coma. So I guess th.


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