Hi Turquoise - just read your update on here after asking how things were going on FB.
I just wanted to say not to loose hope. My mum was in hospital for two months in total (of which she now has no memory). We were told she might not make it through the night on a few occasions. At the time we were preparing for our wedding. I had already been with her to pick my wedding dress. I prepared myself for getting married without her there. When she showed signs of surviving but still being unable to feed, drink or walk or even recognise me, then I vividly remember thinking how we would adapt the wedding day if she was in a wheelchair or needed carers. In the end, we put the wedding back by 5 months and she made pretty much a full recovery (she still hasn't regained her sense of taste or smell, has a few memory and co-ordination probs and can't drink due to a permanent reliance on anti seizure drugs).
At one point, when she seemed to be recovering, doctors didn't want to scan her brain. A brilliant junior nurse, pretended not to notice the scheduled MRI had been cancelled and wheeled her down regardless. It turned out the damage was much worse than she was showing physically and suddenly docs from all over the hospital were streaming in to see her. The scans suggested she should be unconscious but she was sitting up and allowing us to feed her.
When it comes to brain injuries there is still a lot which is a mystery. Take each day as it comes and don't give up on the brains ability to heal. I also kept a detailed diary of what happened day by day. This was brilliant both for keeping track of her treatments (what was done, when and by whom) but also tracking small signs of progress (which was both really helpful and encouraging, on days when progress seemed minimal) and in the end, when she was better but had no memory of the time in hospital, it really helped her to fill in the blanks as well as understand a bit of what we'd been through. (It was far more stressful for us, her brain ensured she was oblivious to all the worry and stress going on around her).
Sending hugs and 