My dad is in the hospital ICU, just came off the ventilator and his lungs are still full of liquid. Antibiotics are not working and they have only given us 2 choices. Leave him off the ventilator, let his lungs fill up and wait for him to suffocate or put him back on a ventilator and he eventually will need a trachea and permanent feeding tube. Was diagnosed with a rare for of Legions Aire disease. Struggling with tough decisions today!