My father is ventilated 1 week now.At that time he had cardiac arreset 3 times.His sedation removed 3 days ago.But he had no response they took CT scan its result is normal.but dialysis is going on ....we are afraid of that he did n't wake up.... how long did it take for your loved ones wake up? please give replay
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Dialysis means his kidneys aren’t working. His system will be full of sedatives - normally the kidneys take toxins out of blood., sedatives for instances Your father will take longer to wake up. I hope you get good news.
Understandable you are very frightened, many of us have been where you are now . He is in the best place looking after by a team of experts. It's really common for them to be more alert at a later date . He is also on dialysis , Sepsur is an expert with his vast knowledge in this area, but when they are on dialysis it takes a lot longer . Please try not to worry, my husband took weeks .
Yesterday, he was shifted in to ICU.Now a days he has not any changes.the doctor said the brain has little scratches after cardiac arrest .So that iam worried about this.How many days will be taken for changes?
Everyone is different my friend, how long will it take for one can be very different for another person, so it would be misleading of me to offer timescales. What I probably can assure you of is that it will be longer than you wish for so just hang in there. In ICU, your father is in the best hands.
So how long exactly did it take him to wake up my dad is having a lot of the same issues on dialysis has been off the sedation for 18 hours and still not response he’s on 100 percent oxygen and has blood in his stool
There are so many variables @Roni1983. If your Dad is on dialysis or has renal issues, the sedatives used to put your Dad into a coma, will take longer to leave the system and slow down responsiveness. Your Dad May have a higher or lower tolerance to sedative than another, it will depend on the depth of sedation and the type of drug used too. A person needing to be proned, for instance, needs to be put into a deeper comatose state to help patient synchronise with ventilator. All these factors will slow down your Dad’s ability to wake up.
After a 57 day coma, 7 weeks of dialysis, a few sessions of being proned - it took me 11 days to wake.
Thank you so much u gave me so much hope the doctor told me today that he’s on a lot of bloood pressure meds so it might cause him to go into cardiac arrest but as always I keep my faith and reading y’all comments really make me feel Better and give me hope to not give up he’s only been in a coma for a week and 3 days today
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