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Final update on my mother

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After 9.5 long months as an inpatient, my mother has been decannulated and discharged home! It has been about 3 days and she is doing fairly well. I cannot thank god enough for giving her a second chance at life, the strength to be patient through this process, and bringing my her back home. She is still weak from being hospitalized for so many months, but has been walking a little more now. She does get very exhausted when she walks and it takes her a bit to catch her breath, but with time, we are hopeful that she will continue to get better.

Thank you everyone for the support that I have received through here. Hearing about everyone's experiences made me feel less lonely and like I was not going through it by myself. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

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Sepsur

That is a helluva ordeal for you all. Wishing you & your Mother well.

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FamilyHistorian

That’s really good news

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LeopardGecko

Fantastic news 🙂

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Copse77

It is wonderful news that your Mum is home. What a strong lady she is to have recovered from very long stay in ICU and what a wonderful supportive family she has. Wishing you all the very best.

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stevet11753

It's always cheering to hear good news like this. You've had a long journey, here's to you and to your mum's continuing recovery 💪

This gives me hope for my mom who has had a trach since early Dec. I'm so very happy for you and her!

Completely different issue that she went into the ICU for, but what she went in for was not lung related so I am hoping that is in her favor.

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Tedsdad

That is wonderful but don’t be frustrated or depressed at how long recovery takes. It can be a very very long process.I am six months down the line and still get unbearably frustrated sometimes

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