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ICU cognitive damage permanent?

HiIn August 2021 I suddenly developed septic shock. I was rushed straight to ICU. The next day I was heavily sedated and put on a ventilator. I was in my...

HiIn August 2021 I suddenly developed septic shock. I was rushed straight to ICU...

•1 year ago

Boyfriend on ventilator and heavily sedated.

3 days ago my boyfriend was put in a medically induced coma due to aspirated pneumonia. He was on extra oxygen support from a NOxBox and today he was taken off...

3 days ago my boyfriend was put in a medically induced coma due to aspirated pne...

•1 year ago

Worried about my son, TBI survivor

Last December my 19 year old son was a passenger which collided with the central reservation on the motorway. My son was in a coma for several weeks. We were...

Last December my 19 year old son was a passenger which collided with the central...

•1 year ago

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ICU and sedation problem

Did I put my question about - how to get staff to "hear" my son's irritability as they reduce sedation not as pain (thus a need for more pain meds and let's...

Did I put my question about - how to get staff to "hear" my son's irritability a...

•1 year ago

can’t get this out of my head

I’m Mark, I’m 49 in 2017 I underwent surgery. I ended up in intensive care, I suffered sepsis, pneumonia, multi organ failure and was put in an induced coma....

I’m Mark, I’m 49 in 2017 I underwent surgery. I ended up in intensive care, I s...

•1 year ago

Dad not waking up from induced coma after Sudden Cardiac Arrest, What are his chances? Signs of 'waking up'?

My Dad is 54 years old and collapsed at work last Friday 03/03/2023 from Sudden Cardiac Arrest. No symptoms, no chest pains, no warning signs. He is moderately...

My Dad is 54 years old and collapsed at work last Friday 03/03/2023 from Sudden ...

•1 year ago

Persuading Dad to get off the ventilator

My Dad is in ICU in Thailand sedated and on a ventilator due to pneumonia and respiratory failure. My auntie who is with him has said the nurses think he is...

My Dad is in ICU in Thailand sedated and on a ventilator due to pneumonia and re...

•1 year ago

Repatriation of Dad in ICU from Thailand to London

My Dad is in ICU in Thailand, it's been a week. He has pneumonia and acute respiratory failure on 50% oxygen through nasal tubes and heavily sedated. The...

My Dad is in ICU in Thailand, it's been a week. He has pneumonia and acute respi...

•1 year ago

Awaking after SepticShock Strep A//ECMO

Hello, my 44year old mother caught Strep A infection which caused sepsis and septic shock, severe pneumonia and her heart and kidneys started to fail. She was...

Hello, my 44year old mother caught Strep A infection which caused sepsis and sep...

•1 year ago

Coping strategies

I have recently had a relative that has been placed in ICU . I am finding it very stressful and worrying with all the ups and downs. Are there any tips of how...

I have recently had a relative that has been placed in ICU . I am finding it ver...

•1 year ago

Tingling/Numbness in Feet after coma/ICU

Random question but when people first started walking/exercising after discharge - did anyone notice pins and needles or numbness in their feet? (I was in a...

Random question but when people first started walking/exercising after discharge...

•1 year ago