We Are Human: Sick, Dying, and Depressed
01-26-2012, 03:32 PM
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01-26-2012, 05:46 PM
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Yea, the brain is crazy. My very independent grandmother also suffered a stroke. They did some scans and said her brain was like cheese, full of holes and that she would like never recover. She had her stroke 3 days after I got engaged, she was super pleased but as you can imagine that ruinned any engagement parties. lol... ie: 0, not talked about ever etc.
She was stuck in a hospital for a year, rotting. It was odd. We would visit and she would hold my now wifes hand and always check for the ring. She couldn't talk, she was in pain. I actually spent that last few months hoping she would stop suffering. The said she restroked a few times while semi recovering. It was a disaster I will tell you that.
My family spent thousands commuting. My mother was a disaster. My sister who was literally on a plane ready for departure was escorted off the plane as we caught it just in time, she was moving out west.
She was stuck in a hospital for a year, rotting. It was odd. We would visit and she would hold my now wifes hand and always check for the ring. She couldn't talk, she was in pain. I actually spent that last few months hoping she would stop suffering. The said she restroked a few times while semi recovering. It was a disaster I will tell you that.
My family spent thousands commuting. My mother was a disaster. My sister who was literally on a plane ready for departure was escorted off the plane as we caught it just in time, she was moving out west.
I'm not a believer in god but it really did seem like a miricale what happened to my grandmother. They said her stroke was in the top 10% worst strokes they've ever seen.
They basicly said she should be dead already when she went in, and offered to give her an operation that may keep her alive but she would be a vegetable. In the end we decided to not do it and let her do her own thing.
I believe it was three months after her stroke she was released from the hospital. My grandfather thanked the doctors and they were crying as well as the rest of my family in joy. I'd guess she is about 90% of what she was before the setback.
They said they've never seen anyone recover like she did. She is walking talking and doing almost everything she used to, just not quite as good.
I'm thankful everyday that I still have her with me.
It really was a hard time for me because I am very close to her, and really want to share my highschool graduation with her.
01-27-2012, 08:53 AM
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Moved to another thread I guess, that makes sense.
I work in a non-trauma ICU here in Portland. We're also a major stroke center for the NW. So I see a lot of strokes, over doses, ICH, SDH, and SAH. That's Inner Cranial Hemorrhage, Sub Dural Hemorrhage, and Sub Arachnoid Hemorrhage.
The main thing to remember is that any and all nervous tissue HATES being squished. That's why it hurts to hit your "funny bone", as you're actually pinching your radial nerve that goes past your elbow into your wrist. It's also why Rick's friend experienced a personality change, since the swelling in his brain from the tumor was squishing his brain, shutting off or changing certain aspects of it. This is what brain bleeds do, and why burr holes are used to relieve pressure. Keep the pressure on long enough and the nervous tissue will die.
I work in a non-trauma ICU here in Portland. We're also a major stroke center for the NW. So I see a lot of strokes, over doses, ICH, SDH, and SAH. That's Inner Cranial Hemorrhage, Sub Dural Hemorrhage, and Sub Arachnoid Hemorrhage.
The main thing to remember is that any and all nervous tissue HATES being squished. That's why it hurts to hit your "funny bone", as you're actually pinching your radial nerve that goes past your elbow into your wrist. It's also why Rick's friend experienced a personality change, since the swelling in his brain from the tumor was squishing his brain, shutting off or changing certain aspects of it. This is what brain bleeds do, and why burr holes are used to relieve pressure. Keep the pressure on long enough and the nervous tissue will die.
01-27-2012, 11:08 AM
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Moved to another thread I guess, that makes sense.
I work in a non-trauma ICU here in Portland. We're also a major stroke center for the NW. So I see a lot of strokes, over doses, ICH, SDH, and SAH. That's Inner Cranial Hemorrhage, Sub Dural Hemorrhage, and Sub Arachnoid Hemorrhage.
The main thing to remember is that any and all nervous tissue HATES being squished. That's why it hurts to hit your "funny bone", as you're actually pinching your radial nerve that goes past your elbow into your wrist. It's also why Rick's friend experienced a personality change, since the swelling in his brain from the tumor was squishing his brain, shutting off or changing certain aspects of it. This is what brain bleeds do, and why burr holes are used to relieve pressure. Keep the pressure on long enough and the nervous tissue will die.
I work in a non-trauma ICU here in Portland. We're also a major stroke center for the NW. So I see a lot of strokes, over doses, ICH, SDH, and SAH. That's Inner Cranial Hemorrhage, Sub Dural Hemorrhage, and Sub Arachnoid Hemorrhage.
The main thing to remember is that any and all nervous tissue HATES being squished. That's why it hurts to hit your "funny bone", as you're actually pinching your radial nerve that goes past your elbow into your wrist. It's also why Rick's friend experienced a personality change, since the swelling in his brain from the tumor was squishing his brain, shutting off or changing certain aspects of it. This is what brain bleeds do, and why burr holes are used to relieve pressure. Keep the pressure on long enough and the nervous tissue will die.
01-27-2012, 11:16 AM
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01-27-2012, 11:40 AM
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My son has spent most of his 4 months of life in the hospital. Nurses do run the show. They make or break your experience and are the front lines. I am greatly indebted to many of our nurses for their guidance, counsel, and care along the way. We've also fired one or two for their lack of the above care. There are some from the NICU we still update my son's status on. My sister is finishing up her masters to be a NP and had me thinking about this very thing last week.
Study hard Curly and don't forget that the patients are looking to you for help. The doctors don't reach into people's human side like a nurse does. [EDIT] While in undergrad she worked in the ER before going to a Renal Care Facility to be a dialysis tech. After graduation she stayed there as one of the nurses. It's hard to visualize, but my baby sister will soon be the Boss Lady Chief Nurse! [/EDIT]
Study hard Curly and don't forget that the patients are looking to you for help. The doctors don't reach into people's human side like a nurse does. [EDIT] While in undergrad she worked in the ER before going to a Renal Care Facility to be a dialysis tech. After graduation she stayed there as one of the nurses. It's hard to visualize, but my baby sister will soon be the Boss Lady Chief Nurse! [/EDIT]
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01-27-2012, 01:19 PM
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I agree about the bad days. I couldn't emotionally handle it. She lived with me while finishing up undergrad and would lose patients every so often. Dialysis takes time to perform and you get to know these people, but they don't always live. Her bad days were really bad. The worst days are when she would learn about one of her young patients passing away. I still choke up thinking about those stories and she lives it everyday. How one can develop coping skills for all the death and sadness yet still befriend new patients is an amazing gift these nurses have.