Brain Injury - Page 3

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

Sending prayers and positive thoughts.

Mom2Dogs · ‎03-09-2010

@kismet How scary for both of you. My sisters mother in law had a brain bleed many years ago. She was found sitting under their kitchen table. She was hospitalized for a time and seemed to come thru ok, except she ended up with limited eye sight.

Prayers for your husband (and you).

Mindy D · ‎05-23-2010

@kismet @ask his nurse to ask his neurologist to speak with you about any damage seen on his scans and any other questions you might have. Many hospitals let you log on to see your tests now. You can find out if the hospital he's in has this type of thing set up. Since you are his wife and he's incapacitated you should be able to view his information. You can also ask to speak with his cardiologist about his blockage and any specialist involved with his care, including the ICU specialist. Hold tight. He's not on a ventilator, he's sitting up with assistance, he might have said some words appropriate to the situation. These are hopeful things.

My heart goes out to you and your husband.

RedTop · ‎09-01-2010

@kismet

My expectations are that you are getting daily updates on your husband, but it will take several days for the Dr to determine what is going on as far as brain function, in order to give you an idea of what to expect going forward.

A former coworker fell and hit her head crossing the street. She thought she was fine, but 2 days later she was having difficulty walking and talking. A head CT showed a serious brain bleed requiring a lengthy surgery, which she miraculously survived. 5 years down the road, she is still living in her home alone, depends on a cane for stability in walking, and no longer drives. She has substantial memory loss with issues expressing her thoughts, vision issues, and great difficulty reading and writing. In some ways she is functioning on a level very similar to my 89 year old mother who is in last stages of dementia.

I urge you to remain hopeful and just wait for the Dr to gather his conclusions from your husbands actual test results and daily nursing documentation. Continued best wishes and prayers for both of you.

homedecor1 · ‎03-09-2010

sending prayers to you both🙏🏻

NicksmomESQ · ‎08-19-2014

Sending you hugs & prayers.🙏

Speak to your husband's doctor. He should be giving you regular updates.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

Of course I will be praying for you and your husband. Such a horrible thing to go through.

A relative of mine's husband had brain surgery and with the surgery and the anesthesia after effects he was out of his head for weeks. Even though he could talk and sometimes seemed normal, had no gasp of day or night, sometimes didn't know his name, and had no clue where he was.

Healing and rehab to get him back on this feet took about 6 months, and really getting back to speed took 2 years. Even now he has very subtle memory problems, but nothing that keeps him from a normal life.

I will keep the two of you in my prayers and good wishes.

drizzellla · ‎03-14-2010

My Dad had a stroke while he was riding his bike. The stroke was a "bleeder".

He lost much of the use of his right side. His right leg worked until the knee. So he was able to walk. BUT it took many months in rehab.

He had to learn to walk, swallow, talk and deal with no longer being able to use his right arm and hand. It was a slow process. But the rehab place was good. So except for having physical limitations, he did well. But it took many months and lots of ups and downs.

But it is early for your husband. He has alot of tests to be done and time to figure out if the brain bleed affected his brain and body. Who knows, he might bounce back to his old self. Time and rehab will tell.

kismet · ‎03-10-2010

Went to see my husband Wed. and he was more active moving but still sleeping. He had a lot of gunk in his lungs and the doctor working on him said he was helping clear his lungs and told him to say awe and he did say it. It's confusing because we don't know if he understood or what. For now we do feel it's too early to see what it will be and hopeful but still realize it may not be. I'm contacting the heart doctor he wouldn't go back to see to find out if he wanted him to get a pacemaker the last time he saw him. I think he refused to listen and this happened because of his heart. Neither my daughter or I knew it was so bad. He never talks about medical so we didn't know it was with all the information being private. I did mention the heart doctor several times to him for months and he didn't go. He's very headstrong and stubborn. The hospital told me I can get the information from the previous doctor since my husband is in the critcal care unit. Just taking it day by day. It has been very stressful for family.

Thanks to everyone that replied and said a prayer. I really appreciate it.