I need a hand to hold please - part 2

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My second thread. The first is awaiting deletion due to details that were in the thread.

Basically, my brother is in intensive care with multiple stab wounds, he is stable, but critical. So he could go either way.

At the moment it doesn't feel real to me, I feel like I'm in a soap or something! It's very surreal :(

That is good news for you all.

Brilliant news

Fantastic news!

Woohoo!!! Great news!!

Sending love to you and yours Cunny

:)

How Is he today?

Todays update! They have reduced his sedation now because it's good for his physiological awareness so he is now listening and responding too by flickering his eyes moving his head and hand. He has squeezed my mums fingers a few times and pulled a few faces too! He's not as puffy (his face was really really puffy) no longer on kidney machine, the drains out, heart rate and oxygen good. He's doing well. Also would you be able to get rat out again tomorrow? Also need some more if u couldd poss go to trimpets? X

Woops, I was copying and pasting my mums texts and editing a few bits and forgot to delete the last bit

If anyone is wondering what the 'get a rat out' bit is about, my mum has a pet snake.

That's great news but I'm not sure about the rat?!! And trimpets???

Cross post!!

at you c&ping your mums text.

So glad he is doing well. He certainly is amazing!

Thanks for today's update! David certainly has a lot of people keeping him in there thoughts and prayers.

Trimpets is the pet shop where the snakes rats come from.

Ah, I see Cunny

Fabulous news funny. Not so sure about getting rats out of trumpets. It sounds like an especial warped magician.
I know it isn't much of a consideration, but, presumably he has a urinary catheter. I would check that they are clamping and releasing. I had one in for about a month. I am still vaguely incontinent.

Great news Cunny!

That's fab news Cunny :)

Excellent news Cunny! It sounds like he's making great progress. Thanks for updating, it's still the first thing I check when I'm here!

Todays update, He is still the same physically. Lungs not yet started to heal though most of his wounds are healing well or healed. He's back on the kidney machine just to help control fluid levels better.
The Ecmo machine is keeping him alive and stable enough for them to have reduced his sedation. This is why he's been responding to us in small ways. The responses show that his brain is okay.
But the very fact that he's still on Ecmo means he's still very poorly indeed. They are letting him wake up slightly but only to a point. They will keep him sedated until he's well enough to come off the Ecmo. This time is approaching but no one can say how long it wil be.
Days or weeks even. Hopefully days.

Slow progress. Good to hear he is still being watched and treated / monitored closely since moving to the ward too.

Doesn't matter whether it's weeks, days or months. He's moving in the right direction.

So pleased he is improving, even if it just baby steps. You must all be so drained now.

Take care.

Glad David is continuing to make progress even if it is slow. Are you still staying at the hospital?

No I'm not, I haven't been since he first got there :( DP is a gritter driver and has been on call constantly since last week so we haven't been able to get there :(

My mum went and stayed for a few days this week though, she got back yesterday. I really want to go soon though, but it takes a lot of planning.