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I need information please

My cousin has been in a medically induced coma for 3 days now. They were supposed to stop the meds that are keeping her asleep this morning to see what...

My cousin has been in a medically induced coma for 3 days now. They were suppos...

•6 years ago

Kidney lung and blood infection after bypass surgery

Hello mates This is urgent please do reply. My father 64 yr old had blocked artery bypass surgery before 2 weeks.he is DIABETIC He developed high creatine 4.1...

Hello mates This is urgent please do reply. My father 64 yr old had blocked arte...

•6 years ago

Dad is in induced Coma, Questions.

My dads heart stopped twice in an ambulance due to heavy fluid in his lungs. CPR was started right away and his heart started back both times right away. He...

My dads heart stopped twice in an ambulance due to heavy fluid in his lungs. CPR...

Concerned_Son40

•6 years ago

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Steps program

I work in an SiCU in Montresl I eould like to learn more about the Steps program that I heard about during a conference in May

I work in an SiCU in Montresl I eould like to learn more about the Steps progra...

•6 years ago

Dad’s Day 5 in coma

First thank you to anyone reading this post. I have been reading all of the previous posts and I feel encouraged. My dad has been off sedatives for 5 days and...

First thank you to anyone reading this post. I have been reading all of the prev...

•6 years ago

My dad is in a Coma..

My dad about 4 days ago went to Walmart to get some ice cream & some drinks. He has asthma so we believe he had a asthma attack & went into cardiac arrest. My...

My dad about 4 days ago went to Walmart to get some ice cream & some drinks. He ...

•6 years ago

How long do u tend to be on a catheter?

I have been put forward to be getting one as of a condition is it sore when you get it and how long do you have them in for?

I have been put forward to be getting one as of a condition is it sore when you ...

•6 years ago

It's not over yet ...

Hi. Last December I was in ICU. The first 7 days I did ECMO, for wich they put me in a medically induced coma. I got out of it without being able to move...

Hi. Last December I was in ICU. The first 7 days I did ECMO, for wich they put m...

•6 years ago

Day 13 help

Hi please could some one help me . My hubby had a liver transplant two weeks ago and still they can’t bring him round . He’s had a few infections and been...

Hi please could some one help me . My hubby had a liver transplant two weeks ago...

•6 years ago

Catheter

Hi I am going to be put on a catheter how sore is it?

Hi I am going to be put on a catheter how sore is it?

•6 years ago

Update: 10 months later......

I was in 2 grade 3 Comas with Sepsis, pneumonia, Mrsa and organ failure. I was given a 1-2% chance of survival. A few months later I was diagnosed with PTSD....

I was in 2 grade 3 Comas with Sepsis, pneumonia, Mrsa and organ failure. I was g...

•6 years ago

7 weeks after being in medically induced coma for pneumonia. Feeling sad and emotional. Is this normal?

Hi all, I just found this site and reading stories of others that went through similar experiences to what I went through is really helping me. I woke up in...

Hi all, I just found this site and reading stories of others that went through s...

•6 years ago

Waking up from a month long medically induced coma....one year later

So I figured I would share my story,can’t hurt right? First of all let me start by saying that I had severe alcoholism....I couldn’t stop drinking,I drank too...

So I figured I would share my story,can’t hurt right? First of all let me start ...

•6 years ago

Looking a second coronary bypass surgery

Nuclear stress test results revealed that the arterial grafts I had implanted in my first coronary artery bypass surgery are failing and the odds are that I...

Nuclear stress test results revealed that the arterial grafts I had implanted in...

•6 years ago

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Very low blood pressure following stomach drain

Hi I'm hoping someone can help me understand whats going on with my mothers blood pressure following a stomach drain over a week ago. Long story short my...

Hi I'm hoping someone can help me understand whats going on with my mothers blo...

•6 years ago

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Does anyone else struggle staying positive about a loved one "waking up" after induced coma when they talk to the doctors?

My husband is in the "waking up" phase after a 2 week induced coma (phenobarbitol) when seizing following cardiac sx and fighting a fungal infection. The drs...

My husband is in the "waking up" phase after a 2 week induced coma (phenobarbito...

•6 years ago

Miracle

I first posted on here 4 months ago in total despair as my brother was put into an induced coma and the drs didn't hold put very much hope I have got great...

I first posted on here 4 months ago in total despair as my brother was put into ...

•6 years ago

Husband trying to wake from a 2 week medically induced coma following heart surgery and fighting a fungal infection

My husband had a mechanical heart valve On April 20 which replaced a tissue valve he had 14 years ago. After surgery he began having seizures. Pathology showed...

My husband had a mechanical heart valve On April 20 which replaced a tissue valv...

•6 years ago

Mom wants to get out of bed after 9wks very agitated.

Hello everyone I'm here because my mother on March 9th went into a complete renal and Pulmonary failure and she coded they brought her back after 9 minutes she...

Hello everyone I'm here because my mother on March 9th went into a complete rena...

•6 years ago

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Be Encouraged

I’m writing to encourage anyone losing hope. As I write this, my dad has been hospitalized for 25 days, but he’s on the road to recovery from Legionnaire’s...

I’m writing to encourage anyone losing hope. As I write this, my dad has been h...

•6 years ago

someone pls

Hi, My husband was an induced coma for 7 days. He had fluid in the lungs he couldn't breath in the ER he was very combative so as they told me they had to...

Hi, My husband was an induced coma for 7 days. He had fluid in the lungs he coul...

Heavenlyembraced

•6 years ago

Prayers Needed

I am James. My spouse just get intubed at New Bern NC Hospital and I am at Los Angeles, CA 2,776 miles away from her. We are married since 25 years with 4...

I am James. My spouse just get intubed at New Bern NC Hospital and I am at Los A...

•6 years ago

Best friend is awake but still in the ICU

Hello Hope you are ok. Sending you this good news about Helen condition from her bedside. Just before 3pm today Helen opened her eyes for the first time since...

Hello Hope you are ok. Sending you this good news about Helen condition from her...

•6 years ago

Cambridge Support Group

Our support group has now moved venues. As of May we will be holding groups at Meadows Community Centre, Cambridge, every 2nd Tuesday of the month....

Our support group has now moved venues. As of May we will be holding groups at ...

•6 years ago

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