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Tuesday/September/2008 07:16 PM Barrie`s
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It has come to light
that I was given the wrong information when I arrived
on Friday about Dad's heart stopping. It has
now been explained to me that in fact, Dad's
heart slowed down to half the normal rate, at which
point it was anticipated that it might drop lower
still or potentially stop, so they then gave him
adrenaline but at no point, heart massage or
rescuscitation.
The doctor I spoke to about this today said that this communication problem happened because the medical staff who told me this are at varying levels of knowledge and she doesn't know why I was told that Dad's heart stopped as this simply wasn't the case. What a massive relief!
Nevertheless, she reiterated the extreme gravity of the accident - Dad's serious injuries; the many, many, complications that the injuries have caused; and how exceptionally lucky we are that Dad is alive. In light of this, she said that there are going to be many highs and lows in his recovery and that his recovery just can't be rushed.
As far as today's visit was concerned, Dad was asleep most of the time again but woke a couple of times, for a couple of minutes. He knew I was there but was too sleepy to care really. Over the course of this week, they're going to wake him up and hopefully they can then, soon after, get him off the ventilator.
Then, hopefully, onwards and upwards!!!!!!
Will keep you posted on how the next visit goes.
Love
Nat
xxx
The doctor I spoke to about this today said that this communication problem happened because the medical staff who told me this are at varying levels of knowledge and she doesn't know why I was told that Dad's heart stopped as this simply wasn't the case. What a massive relief!
Nevertheless, she reiterated the extreme gravity of the accident - Dad's serious injuries; the many, many, complications that the injuries have caused; and how exceptionally lucky we are that Dad is alive. In light of this, she said that there are going to be many highs and lows in his recovery and that his recovery just can't be rushed.
As far as today's visit was concerned, Dad was asleep most of the time again but woke a couple of times, for a couple of minutes. He knew I was there but was too sleepy to care really. Over the course of this week, they're going to wake him up and hopefully they can then, soon after, get him off the ventilator.
Then, hopefully, onwards and upwards!!!!!!
Will keep you posted on how the next visit goes.
Love
Nat
xxx