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Hi, I am 7 months post critical illness. I spent 12 days in an induced coma following severe pneumonia. I was mechanically ventilated. I suffered with very...

Hello everyone I am here to share my story of my mother who lost her battle to sepsis and chronic kidney disease. It was painful to watch her lying on the ICU...

My beautiful mum was admitted to ICU on Thursday with severe acute pancreatitis. She has been in an induced coma on a ventilator since Saturday. It breaks my...

Good evening, this may seem strange as I was initially in ITU about 10 years ago at the age of 25 I developed severe urosepsis and almost lost my life. I...

Hi my husband was hit by 🔨 he went to surgery on Monday 2nd and went to ICU HE hasn't shown any progress but yesterday he moved his leg.is it a good sign? But...

my mother in law had open heart surgery 4 days ago, all went well heart is working well just a complication with kidneys and was put on dialysis but the...

Hi All, I had a chest infection, that triggered a near fatal asthma attack, which lead to respiratory failure which caused cardiac arrest, I spent 3 days on a...

Good day my husband is been at icu for 2 weeks but today he opened his eyes,does this mean he's getting better

my husband spent a month in hospital of which a week was in ICU. he has been told that his full recovery may take 18 months. 6 months in and he feels tired,...

hello! I’ve posted before about my mom being intubated and getting a trach and worried about a lot of stuff. Well we have come so far. She was in ICU for 40...

okay guys I need your help more than ever. My mom was in ICU for 40 days and been in special care for almost 20 for her wounds to heal from emergency...

Why eyes look scary in ICU?

Hi. We were told it would be easier to wean my brother off ventilation if he had a tracky. We did a lot of thinking, I mean it is a huge thing. I didn't...