Handhold, in HDU with respiratory failure and terrified

[Seafour]

Just that, is anyone awake?

Sounds so scary
But you are in the best place. Hope you are doing better soon.

Don’t be afraid to sleep, it can be a distraction from thinking what if. I regularly have breathing difficulties among other things as I’m in heart failure, and I find that falling asleep takes me out of vicious circle thinking when I’m having an episode.

Morning OP. You will get well. You will wake up after sleep. Sleep is healing, so grab it when you can!

Hello OP
Thinking of you. I went to hospital two weeks ago as I couldn't breathe and was absolutely terrified (am better now but genuinely thought I was a goner ) I do hope you make a recovery and feel better soon xx

Hope you are feeling better.

Morning OP

The suns coming up where I am. I hope it is where you are too.

Thinking of you

I'm reading, can't post at the moment, been vomiting for hours now

you poor poor thing, you are having such a tough time.
I really hope you get some respite from the worry (and vomiting) xxxx

Oh Seafour you poor love. Hopefully they can give you something for that.

I hope they can get you some meds and you stop vomiting soon.

I think the drugs make you vomit, you poor thing. I remember ds vomiting endlessly after having IV treatment for a severe asthma attack.

Really hope things improve for you soon

Sorry to hear that. Hope it stops soon

Oh gosh how awful. Hope they manage to stop the vomiting and that the antibiotics work soon.

Hope you feel better soon. You’re doing better than you think if you were drifting in and out of consciousness before even if you’re vomiting now you’re coherent and ‘with it’ .

Sounds awful OP hang on in there

You are in the right place and will get better it just takes time. You may be allergic to the antibiotics and that is making you sick. They can give you something for sickness.
Thinking of you and wishing you a speedy recovery.

Hope you feel better this morning SeaFour.

That must be very scary.
Thinking of you and hoping things improve very quickly Seafour
💐 And hugs x

Hope you’re doing a bit better

Oh sweetheart, so scary. NHS are fab aren't they. Hope your vomiting has settled a bit. Maybe you'll feel a bit hungry later?

Seafour what's wrong? Pneumonia or something more? I've had it a couple of times and the vomiting is new to me? Is it a reaction to the antibiotics? But god I felt fucking grim with it the second time.

Biggest bunch of to you, saving the chocolates for when you are more stable.

I hope they give you some antiemetics and that you manage to get some sleep, Seafour; it really would do you a world of good.

Incidentally, I don't know how they're administering the antibiotics to you, but they can be administered by inhalation (i.e. through the ventilator mouthpiece) instead of by IV and that can reduce the extent/severity of side effects such as vomiting, because the drug just goes to the lung where it's needed. Maybe they'll try that next.

In any case I hope you start to feel a bit better very soon xx