Jordan Brielle, Cincinnati, Ohio woman and vaping addict nearly dies after suffering collapsed lungs & black goo pouring from her mouth and nose as she implores vaping and e-cigarette smokers to give up habit that nearly led to her losing her life.
She was shelling out $500 a week on her vaping habit even while continuing to struggle with respiratory problems and one day ended up in hospital … as a former vaping addict tells of her perilous journey and her warning to other vape users.
A 32 year old Ohio woman is lucky to still be alive after the ‘mega vaping addict’ was hospitalized with collapsed lungs and ‘black goo’ pouring out of her mouth and nose.
Jordan Brielle of Cincinnati, OH, had smoked since she was a teenager but when she quit in 2021 when she decided to switch to vaping e-cigarettes.
2 liters of ‘black’ fluid suctioned from her lungs
It was then that Brielle became so addicted that she ended up spending vast amounts of money to keep up her new vaping habit.
Speaking to Kennedy News and Media, Brielle first noticed her health declining in November 2023 when she began to feel a distinct ‘heaviness’ in her chest.
Although the residential care assistant went to hospital two or three times a week with breathing problems, she still continued to vape.
In May this year, she was rushed to hospital after her partner found her unresponsive in bed with ‘black mucus’ dripping out of her nose and mouth.
Once at hospital, doctors suctioned two liters of ‘black’ fluid from her lungs and placed her into a medically induced coma for 11 days.
Brielle confessed she hasn’t touched a vape since and is now warning others to steer clear of the habit.
Continued vaping despite increasing health issues
She said: ‘I was fully addicted. I was vaping so much that I slept with it, it went to the shower with me. I was vaping an excessive amount.
‘Then in mid-November, I began feeling a heaviness in my chest. At first it was just a respiratory infection or bronchitis so I kept going to the hospital with breathing problems.
‘I had a horrible cough and was going to the hospital two or three times a week for help. I had little to no voice.
‘Each time they would send me home. It felt like there were 80lbs of pressure just laying on my chest. I’d never felt so sick in my life.
‘My body was swelling up from my ankles to my kneecaps. I kept going to the hospital because I was progressively getting worse.
‘My skin was turning grey, I couldn’t focus, I was very discombobulated. It was hurting to walk. I could barely do anything. Nobody knew what was actually wrong with me. I felt like I was dying.’
Even when she caught Covid-19 and pneumonia she claims she still continued to vape during her health difficulties.
‘My body was trying to force out the vape juice inside my lungs’
It was only after her hospital admission that she decided to ditch the e-cigarettes for good.
Ms Brielle said: ‘When he went to wake me up [before a night shift], he said [her partner] there was black mucus coming out of my mouth and my nose. He said I was gasping but couldn’t catch my breath. I was unresponsive and had a faint pulse.
‘He began sucking the sputum out of my nose and mouth to try and give me CPR.
‘He called 911 because the CPR wasn’t working. I don’t remember anything. I was intubated immediately and taken to hospital.’
Medics discovered she had at least two liters of fluid on her lungs, which were also extremely damaged from smoking and vaping.
Ms Brielle said: ‘My body was trying to force out the vape juice inside my lungs which was like concrete. It was pure black and bloody. At the hospital, they were sucking it out of me.’
‘It felt like there was a popped balloon in my lungs. I had to do breathing and lungs exercises before I was discharged. I’ve been left with a minor brain injury due to lack of oxygen to my brain,’ she added.
Doctors immediately hooked Brielle up to a ventilator, and her family was told her left lung had collapsed and her right lung had partially collapsed.
Vaping use and addiction rampant
Despite quitting vaping, Brielle was told by doctors that there is still a high possibility of her lungs collapsing again.
She said: ‘They really saved my life. They told me if I’d waited any longer, I wouldn’t have been here. I haven’t touched a vape since.
‘I would say to anyone else quit any way you can. Do it for your health, your family, your life, your lungs – whatever motivates you, use that reason and stop. I wouldn’t wish what I’d been through on anyone else. I feel grateful to be alive.’
Vapes with appealing flavors such as cotton candy and creme brulee have hooked millions of young people.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysis that shows millions of US school students are also using e-cigarettes.
Over 6.2 million school-age children tried tobacco products, such as vapes, cigarettes, and smokeless tobacco in 2023.
Among those who tried e-cigarettes, about 47 percent of them vape to this day and about 25 percent vape daily, about the same rate as in 2022.
Current estimates puts around 82 million vapers worldwide.
