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ICUsteps

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Update, now in rehab, now many questions

5 weeks later here we are and my mother is now in a rehabilitation center. Upmc Mercy here in Pittsburgh. I hear its one of the best. Therapists say she is...

5 weeks later here we are and my mother is now in a rehabilitation center. Upmc ...

•8 years ago

Can my nanny pull through this, can she hear me?

Last Monday my nanny went into hospital for key hole surgery. She had an ateotic aneurism in her groin. What should have been 3-4 hours surgery turned into 9...

Last Monday my nanny went into hospital for key hole surgery. She had an ateotic...

•8 years ago

32 year old brother Critical after RTC

Hi Only 2 days ago I was involved in a serious RTC, that I still do not remember because I suffered a fractured skull, that put me in the hospital overnight,...

Hi Only 2 days ago I was involved in a serious RTC, that I still do not remembe...

AnnoyedDad_2009

•8 years ago

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Finally out of ICU

So dad was moved to a general ward last night after being in ICU for about two and a half months. That was a shock to his system. No more one-to-one...

So dad was moved to a general ward last night after being in ICU for about two a...

•8 years ago

Scared

My husband is on vent for day #12 now he had a arota aneurysm. I need some help he is only 33 years old

My husband is on vent for day #12 now he had a arota aneurysm. I need some help...

•8 years ago

What a Rollercoaster

So after being elated that dad was moved from London back to our local hospital things then seemed to go downhill pretty fast. They just didn't seem to be...

So after being elated that dad was moved from London back to our local hospital ...

•8 years ago

Icu sepsis survivor

Hi my name is Kellie and I was intensive car for sixteen days and while I was in there I though the wall had fairies on and and the road going to camber sands...

Hi my name is Kellie and I was intensive car for sixteen days and while I was in...

•8 years ago

What to do.

My beautiful daughter felt the need to take her life last week or just a self harm to exceed any of her previous. I may never know. She set herself alight and...

My beautiful daughter felt the need to take her life last week or just a self ha...

•8 years ago

A Bad Day :(

So yesterday was a really bad day. I spent most of it crying. Dad snapped at me and told me to shut up and said I interfere and talk to the doctors too much....

So yesterday was a really bad day. I spent most of it crying. Dad snapped at m...

•8 years ago

Close friend out of coma

Hi Everyone Got wonderful news to tell you about my close friend Mark who suffered a hypoxic brain injury during a cardiac arrest caused by a massive heart...

Hi Everyone Got wonderful news to tell you about my close friend Mark who suffer...

•8 years ago

Transferred back to local hospital

After 2 months in ICU in a London hospital - out of the blue yesterday they transferred my dad back to our local hospital - which is such a relief. The ICU is...

After 2 months in ICU in a London hospital - out of the blue yesterday they tran...

•8 years ago

Critical illness myopathy?

Hi, can someone please help me understand this? My mom had a bad asthma attack, 15 days ago. She has been sedated with fentanyl and propofol. Also she was...

Hi, can someone please help me understand this? My mom had a bad asthma attack, ...

•8 years ago

Tracheotomy ICU

Hey guys.. Im posting alot even though im still new But this journey started 2 weeks ago today, my mom had a really bad asthma attack, she was not breathing...

Hey guys.. Im posting alot even though im still new But this journey started ...

•8 years ago

Consciousness, new here

Hi! My dad was hospitalized with pneumonia two weeks ago. He was intubated but now is breathing on his own. He's getting healthier. He's still sedated but...

Hi! My dad was hospitalized with pneumonia two weeks ago. He was intubated but ...

•8 years ago

Voice has not came back after being on resperator for 9 days, And it's now 6 months out of hospital

I was in icu with double pneumonia and put on a resperator for 9 days, I still have not got my voice back and it's been 6 months, Can anyone tell me if they...

I was in icu with double pneumonia and put on a resperator for 9 days, I still h...

•8 years ago

Tragic news for I and close friends daughter

Hi Everyone Yesterday afternoon whilst I was visiting Annie in hospital with another close friend, I and Annie, Gareth's daughter had some very sad news about...

Hi Everyone Yesterday afternoon whilst I was visiting Annie in hospital with an...

•8 years ago

questions unanswered

friends dad in icu, on a resperator and in medicaly induced coma, now they want to put in a traqia tube and doctor wont answer his wife's questions about why...

friends dad in icu, on a resperator and in medicaly induced coma, now they want ...

tonyamiller1976

•8 years ago

Mechanical ventilation for asthmatic patient

So my mom had a very severe asthma attack, so they had to sedate her and put her on a breathing ventilator. tomorrow will be day 10. They first 7 days were...

So my mom had a very severe asthma attack, so they had to sedate her and put he...

•8 years ago

Bad dreams

My dad is out of Icu and slowly recovering but is having very strange dreams do we ignore him or tell him they are dreams or go along with it can anyone...

My dad is out of Icu and slowly recovering but is having very strange dreams do ...

•8 years ago