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My 82 year old father has woken 2 times from drug induce coma and has not spokem

My father was found unconscious at the mall and within the 3 to 5 minute range cpr was doing to him until the emts arrived. They used the new machine that does...

My father was found unconscious at the mall and within the 3 to 5 minute range c...

•6 years ago

Some advice please

Hello, I'm looking for some advice. 3 weeks ago, my dad of 66 went into hospital for an elective lobectomy. He had only one day's notice for the procedure...

Hello, I'm looking for some advice. 3 weeks ago, my dad of 66 went into hospita...

•6 years ago

Motor and Verbal tics after septic shock?

Our 8 year old went into septic shock this past March from an infection after an oral surgery. He was in the PICU for 7 days sedated with a tube until the...

Our 8 year old went into septic shock this past March from an infection after an...

•6 years ago

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Ecmo survivor

Hi there I was on ecmo for just over 3 weeks in early Jan 2018 I had sepsis pneumonia and flu b I'm one of the lucky ones that pulled through and it's only...

Hi there I was on ecmo for just over 3 weeks in early Jan 2018 I had sepsis pneu...

•6 years ago

Post septic shock

Hello! I want to report a positive seven month later update from septic shock and and long icu stay. First of all my hair is growing back!!! Its like a...

Hello! I want to report a positive seven month later update from septic shock an...

•6 years ago

My sisters has been off sedation for 6 days after being put into a coma

My big sister who is 21 was hit by a car going round the roundabout, she has a TBI, she’s been moved to another room now but she is breathing on her own and...

My big sister who is 21 was hit by a car going round the roundabout, she has a T...

•6 years ago

Cw14bg.

Hello everybody. Had a massive trauma 10 months ago very close to passing over and still have no clue how I court bacterial meningitis. I won't lie to u all I...

Hello everybody. Had a massive trauma 10 months ago very close to passing over a...

•6 years ago

Larger stent placed over closed stent

I had a heart attack - stent @ widowmaker. The stent close up a few months after my heart attack . Dr. That discovered stent had closed during another heart...

I had a heart attack - stent @ widowmaker. The stent close up a few months after...

•6 years ago

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Waking up from Induced come (with a trach) - seeking for advise and hopefully some encouragement....

Following my previous post...

Following my previous post...

•6 years ago

Medically induced coma for alcohol withdrawal

My fiance has been in a medically induced coma for going on three days for alcohol withdrawal due to him being an alcoholic. Does anyone know how long they can...

My fiance has been in a medically induced coma for going on three days for alcoh...

•6 years ago

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Just need to vent

My boyfriend has been in icu for 3 weeks now. A few broken bones and the scary part is he has internal bleeding.. first 2 weeks was rough while he got 6...

My boyfriend has been in icu for 3 weeks now. A few broken bones and the scary p...

•6 years ago

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Can someone help

My boyfriend was in a bad car accident. He was rushed to hospital and they discovered that he has internal bleeding.. he lost some of his liver and his kidneys...

My boyfriend was in a bad car accident. He was rushed to hospital and they disco...

•6 years ago

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Bed sores healed but still hurting

Hi everyone. My dad was three months in coma, and he developed bad bed sores in his buttock. After three months it`s already healed, but every time he sits or...

Hi everyone. My dad was three months in coma, and he developed bad bed sores in ...

•6 years ago

In need of some encouragement and insight. (waking up from coma, dealing with the trach, etc...)

Hi, My beloved mom (69 years old) has had a cardiac arrest about two weeks ago. Luckily (in a way...) she was already in hospital at the time (she's gone...

Hi, My beloved mom (69 years old) has had a cardiac arrest about two weeks ago. ...

•6 years ago