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My husband is 72. In Cardiac ICU - they stabilized his heart rhythm - but lungs struggled - they intubated him and been on ventilator for 22 days now. HE...

Hi I'm female 57. Was put in an induced coma in hospital in Spain due to pneumonia caused by accidental overdose of Tramadol.My first memory was being held...

hi there. My dad has been sedated for over a week and whenever they take him off the ventilator he breathes a lot faster. They are now giving him a...

hi all. My dad has been and is currently in icu with pneumonia on the lungs, he has a lot of fluid on his lungs also and the doctors have tried to take him off...

So today (Jan 9, 2025) is 29 days in the ICU --- - on Day 27 (Jan 7th, 2025) my husband finally had the tubes down his throat removed and a Trachea put...

Hi - need some help please as feel hopeless...! My mum went into diabetic ketoacidosis on the 23rd December. She never went to doctors, hospitals or dentists...

After being in ICU and almost dying with IGAS is it normal to be still thinking about this and all the possible outcomes?

Hi all. In June 24, I was admitted to ICU with Influenza A which subsequently progressed to pneumonia and severe acute respiratory distress syndrome,...

Life support ICU dreams

Hi all, I wrote this poem on the spur of the moment to try and explain what delirium felt like for me. Hopefully it'll help some people understand what their...

Hi everyone. Could I get some advice on going back to work please? I am still signed off 6 months after my 9 days coma in ICU and I am not seeing a return to...

my sister had a heart attack and died for three minutes. They put her in a medically and she is now conscious but has speech difficulty and balance issues...

Hi all this is just a post to wish you all have some peace at this time of the year. I know a lot of us will be either inICU or like me coming up to our ICU...

My husband was recently in the ICU for 22 days with Liver Diesease we our home now. We are extremely thankful to be home and I on postivie track to recovery....

so my sister was put in the ER yesterday after aspirating. apparently, when the ICU released her to the rehab, the rehab quit giving her breathing treatments...