text: my sister is very ill and in the hospital i have a few questions please see details..? my sister missy is in the hospital she went into septic shock a little over one week ago.. we thought things were looking much better because her fever was down and her kidneys started working again... she has not  been able to keep anything down not even fluids... she has pneumonia and the doctor came in right after i left tonight and said she has worsened and he is going to have to have some kind of tube put in to drain her lungs.. he said he thinks she has some abcesses in her lungs... she is really scared and well so am i.. what does this involve? i know they have increased her oxygen because she was really struggling breathing... please tell me anything you can and keep her in your prayers... and well my family also.. i am so tired physically and mentally... well  a tube in her lungs can mean several things. but it sounds she has had a rather difficult time.if she has problems with her lungs and there are unknown spots there abcesses it can be from many things,or a simple infection that settled in her lungs and her body isolated it and encapsulated the bug. or it can be from a systemic wide organism and it has simply gotten in enough places her body can no longer control its spread.   until they know what it is be content she is doing ok. they could be talking about doing a biopsy to see what it is,or chest tubes which you havent said if her lung has collasped. they could be talking on mechanical ventilation also,which is placing a tuber in her lungs to right at the carina so air can go into both lungs s she can breath easier.  or placing drainage tube into the abcess to drain it.   so the bottom line is none is terrifcally major,except the illness its self.   whether she has a bacterial infection in the lung or other reason, the major thing it sounds they are trying to control it and may have to let her rest on a ventilator till they can control the infection. saw on that they will give her medications and put her to sleep,and place a tube into her lungs and hook her up to a vent. they may keep her knocked out till they can treat the infection,and then get her back to breathing on her own.   the next thing is is what kind of infection is it. there are bugs out there  that are not good to get, so without sounding crude simply relax until they know what they are dealing with.   some of the bugs can totally destroy parts of the lung,others simply get isolated and encapsalated by the body.   so the trick is is to get a direct specimen of the critter,and then grow it in the lab and test what kills it,in order to know how to treat her.  oxygen isnt all that bad either,it is simply what the bug is and get samples in order to know how to treat it.   if you wonder i do intensive care work,and tried to make things simple for easy understanding. she has an infection and she has become very sick and they dont know what to treat her with yet.   so relax some, and support her. depending on what they find out will determine the rest.