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Medical negligence

Hi all I ended up in ITU twice due to a bowel join breaking down following very routine surgery. Despite being in hospital I was misdiagnosed for over a week...

Hi all I ended up in ITU twice due to a bowel join breaking down following very...

•7 years ago

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Dad is in his 4th week on a ventilator after Septic shock

Hi, can anyone help. My dad has fought septic shock admirably. He has been on a ventilator for 3weeks and 3 days. They have reduced his meds and he showed...

Hi, can anyone help. My dad has fought septic shock admirably. He has been on a ...

•7 years ago

Why did I survive?

I cant remember anything about being in ICU. It was like I was in a twilight world when I came out of my coma. I remember being nursed gently. When I went to...

I cant remember anything about being in ICU. It was like I was in a twilight wo...

•7 years ago

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Dreams while in induced coma

Just joined after reading some post about dreams that seemed so real yet some of things that i have never seen before but still seem real and fairly clear,...

Just joined after reading some post about dreams that seemed so real yet some of...

•7 years ago

ICU with Sepsis

I had Sepsis and multiple problems. Meningitis, pheumonia renal failure an exampl of some of them. I was put in induced coma for three days and wouldn't wake...

I had Sepsis and multiple problems. Meningitis, pheumonia renal failure an exam...

•7 years ago

Broken spine; broken ribs... encouragement

I am new on this thread... My son is a tree surgeon. Eight days ago, he fell off a crane. The fall was six meters down, landing on his back, where he broke...

I am new on this thread... My son is a tree surgeon. Eight days ago, he fell off...

•7 years ago

Swine Bird Sepsis Pnumonia ARDS Mumps

The next 2 weeks marks a very odd & weird anniversary it was a dark time I was scared and not looking after my own health as I should have been, I put the need...

The next 2 weeks marks a very odd & weird anniversary it was a dark time I was s...

•7 years ago

LEGAL QUESTION ON VISITATION RIGHTS

Hi everyone. I'm in a bind and can use some guidance. My ex-fiancé (who is an induced coma now for a month) and I were together for 6 yrs. He is in an induced...

Hi everyone. I'm in a bind and can use some guidance. My ex-fiancé (who is an in...

•7 years ago

Icu induced coma kidney failure on dalisys water in lungs with pneumonia

Bobby Gene my best friend whole world sweetest lady I ever met n my life in Kentucky she went hospital with kidney shut down and then she got pneumonian water...

Bobby Gene my best friend whole world sweetest lady I ever met n my life in Kent...

•7 years ago

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ICU for 5 weeks not waking after ventilator and and sedation know only on oxygen open his eyes at times but not focusing please reply HELP x

Hi guys don’t know if anyone is here that will reply to me ??? Please would be an hounour were in such a position like were lost !!! ??? dad had a heart...

Hi guys don’t know if anyone is here that will reply to me ??? Please would be a...

•7 years ago

Dreams or hallucinations?

How do you know what was a dream and what wasn't? Or will I just never know..

How do you know what was a dream and what wasn't? Or will I just never know..

•7 years ago

Update and Advice on delirium please

Hi everyone. I wrote a post about a month ago about my close friend who was in an induced coma with chronic pnuemonia and sepsis. I thought I would update you...

Hi everyone. I wrote a post about a month ago about my close friend who was in a...

•7 years ago

Fighting with ARDS

My dad was still at the hospital for almost 2months he's 48yrs old only and we're living in the Philippines his Pneumonia turned to ARDS with the infection of...

My dad was still at the hospital for almost 2months he's 48yrs old only and we'r...

•7 years ago

ICU Heat

Hi, It's now been a year since coming out of ICU and hospital, I'm on the mend but since coming out of hospital I have noticed that I always feel hot, I find...

Hi, It's now been a year since coming out of ICU and hospital, I'm on the mend b...

•7 years ago

Talking makes it easier

Thank you, to all the responses. Talking and sharing our experiences is such a great way of releasing the craziness that happened. I don't think I will ever...

Thank you, to all the responses. Talking and sharing our experiences is such a g...

•7 years ago

ICU PATIENTS NEEDED FOR RESEARCH STUDY

Hello, I am looking for current and former ICU patients to participate in a research study. Please view and feel free to share with patients, friends, and...

Hello, I am looking for current and former ICU patients to participate in a rese...

•7 years ago

Coping with life after Coma

Hi All, I was in a induced coma two and a half years ago. Went from a sore throat to major infection within 24hrs. Fortunately when the paramedics came out to...

Hi All, I was in a induced coma two and a half years ago. Went from a sore throa...

•7 years ago

Raising Funds for ICUsteps in Mumbles Triathlon, 7th October 2017

I am taking part in the Mumbles Triathlon on 7th October 2107 to raise funds for ICUsteps. I went through ICU delirium in August 2007 after 10 days in an...

I am taking part in the Mumbles Triathlon on 7th October 2107 to raise funds for...

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