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Don’t give up!
by: Denise on Tue, Jul 17 2007
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I went to the hospital on Monday with what I thought was a pulled muscle in my chest - docs ran all of the “normal” tests and found nothing, filled me with ibuprofen and released me the next day… By Friday, I was being rushed by ambulance to the hospital - crashed twice on the way there - emts were able to keep me alive until we arrived. By the time we reached the hospital, none of my organs were functioning. I was on total life support and the docs told my family I wouldn’t live until Sunday.

Finally, an ultrasound was done on my heart and “idiopathic purulent pericarditis” was discovered - the fluid around my heart was infected and had incresed to the level that my heart couldn’t beat. The docs put a window in the tissue around my heart and after being in a coma 17 days on complete life support, I woke up.

After a 30 day stay in the hospital with some rehabilitation, here I am-16 months later. I still have some neurapathy (loss of feeling) in my lower legs, but have married a wonderful man who has two great children!! So, the fairytale can come true!! Just don’t give up!!
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July 2007

  • so lost - by Ben - (Sun, Jul 22 2007)
    this wont help anybody feel better or find hope but it will help prepare you for what could happen. my boyfriend was in a coma for three days. in that short time, he lost all memory of family, friends, even me. and we were engaged, now we’re not because he says that he cant feel the same way about me anymore… [more..]
  • Don’t give up! - by Denise - (Tue, Jul 17 2007)
    I went to the hospital on Monday with what I thought was a pulled muscle in my chest - docs ran all of the “normal” tests and found nothing, filled me with ibuprofen and released me the next day… By Friday, I was being rushed by ambulance to the hospital [more..]
  • my baby boy - by Ben - (Tue, Jul 17 2007)
    my boyfriend is currently in florida for summer vacation. while there he passed out, he was rushed into the hospital. this was 2 days ago, he’s still in his coma. [more..]
  • daibetic [diabetic] dad - by pia - (Fri, Jul 13 2007)
    It’ll be a month on july 9 since my dad was rushed to the emergency room because he couldn’t be wakened up. He was snoring and yawning but couldn’t open his eyes. He had a hard time breathing so he was intubated. [more..]
  • My awesome Dad - by Freya - (Tue, Jul 03 2007)
    My dad David 75 yrs old has been in coma already for seven days . He is a doctor, a very healthly and active person a non smoker , doesn’t drink….He went to bed a t 11;00 PM perfect just saying “Good night” to everybody….did not wake up. [more..]
  • Mom’s so far - by N.S. - (Mon, Jul 02 2007)
    My 77 yr old mom walked in for a pacemaker Post operative complications and the docs call it metabolic coma. It’s 7 days now. [more..]

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