David, I am so sorry to hear what has been going on with Linda. I am very surprised they didnt remove the nicotine patch right away. Im completely shocked at what the doctor said to your son over the phone. As with the fentanyl patch, hot showers or baths, cutting, folding or ripping the patch could make too much medicine be emitted from the patch. I do not know if those type of patches would cause the low oxygen levels. Poor Linda! I hope she recovers quickly and hopefully wont remember any of this awful experience.

Ive spent alot of time hospitalized and know that heprin shots are standard. I hated getting them. Hospitals will also put a patients legs in something like airbags which inflated and deflate by themselves to help avoid blood clots.