Hypoxia and Medicine

My father 33% lung capacity and 80 pulse ox, how worried should I be?

My father is 60 yrs old, smokes, is overweight, has diabetes, an enlarged heart, overproduces red blood cells, COPD, and has a 33% lung capacity with an 80% oxygen saturation level. I have not been given any real understanding of how severe this really is. I know that it is very bad, but how bad? Does he have weeks, months, years? Any understanding would be better than just knowing his statistics with no understanding of what they translate in to.

Public Comments

1. I would talk to his doctor. I hope that he is on oxygen and that raises his pulse ox to above 88 92 is even better. 33 percent capacity is not good. He has many co morbidity. He probably has sleep apnea as well. No one really knows how long we have exactly but his numbers are poor.