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Discussion => Off topic => Topic started by: ErgoProxy on January 17, 2013, 05:57 am
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I do not know every detail of why this happened, but basically, she has taken a LOT of APAP over the last few months, which I just found out recently.
At first, her liver and kidneys were failing. Her MRI basically showed that her brain was VERY bad off. But then, within the following couple hours, she , as surprised as the doctors were, she started to recover from it.
I was very much ready to donate one of my kidneys to her, but the hospital did not deem me fit enough. Sadly. :(
What really sucks is now she has taken a turn for the worst. The last time I went to visit, she was catatonic. And before that, the day before, I was told she was speaking again. And even moving around quite a bit. Well enough to sit up on her own, in bed. So when I walked into her room, she had her eyes wide open, and she was looking off into nowhere.
Man, this really does suck. If I may ask, has anyone reading this ever have someone with kidney and liver damage, having dialysis, actually recover, with full function of their mind?
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Someone else around SR is in a similar situation, unless it was me talking to you under another alias over on the marketplace!
Either way, I'm terribly, terribly sorry to hear that your mom's health has taken a negative turn. :( Has your mom also had strokes alongside the kidney/liver damage? If the strokes are what has caused her mental functions to deteriorate, then that might be a separate issue from the kidney/liver failure. Obviously I'm not a doctor, so I don't know, but I wanted to let you know you're not alone. Even if you were the one I was talking with over on SR!
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LoL Are you the new mod??? If so, its me!
Good to see you! (If its you, or even if its not!) :P Thank you for the kind words, my friend!
And yes, she has. Several strokes, actually. Brain stem strokes, several of them. :( I tell ya, I am not much for the whole religion thing, but I have been praying like a S.O.B.
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Do they know why the organs are failing?
I think this is the main determination on if she has a chance of recovery.
If the problem is isolated to the liver/kidneys there could be a chance of recovery. If it is an external issue like cancer causing the failure I don't want to sound down but this is one of the first signs of non-recovery. I have seen of several close people to me that have died with this as one of the first serious symptoms.
Could it be a diet problem?
Any more information would probably help to better respond as far as the likelihood of recovery.
No matter what, just make sure you stay by your mom and keep telling her you love her. I lost my mother to cancer about eight years ago and it was one of the hardest things I've ever gone through. The one thing I wish I did though was keep telling her more stories about the things that made her so special to me in the end. She eventually had cancer reach her brain and it made it more difficult to talk to her; but I still always wish I was more open with her at the end. Just try to make sure you have no regrets.
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Awwe.. I'm getting all teary eyed, that's so sad hoobydoobydoo.. I just want to give you a big hug!
I'm sorry ErgoProxy that's so sad.. Either way though you stay beside your mum and try to remember when you were young with her, don't dwell on her current state. I really hope they figure out what's causing the issue and resolve it. Mummy love is a very strong love :)
You have a community here with many loving individuals, you can talk to us <3
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Thanks, people!
She seems to getting better, after things started to head for the worst, thankfully. I am going to take the evening off Wednesday and stay with her in the hospital. Good news is, as of right now, she is at least speaking again. So I will speak with her for the first time in over 2 weeks. :) I hope anyway.
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the cdc has conducted tests where inter-venous injections of high levels of alpha lipoic acid actually regenerates liver and kidney damage.
look it up urself as nobody ever even listens to my herbalist approach.
if the smartest doctors in the us say it is so - maybe it might be worth a look
good luck getting ur doctor to do it though
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the cdc has conducted tests where inter-venous injections of high levels of alpha lipoic acid actually regenerates liver and kidney damage.
look it up urself as nobody ever even listens to my herbalist approach.
if the smartest doctors in the us say it is so - maybe it might be worth a look
good luck getting ur doctor to do it though
Hey, thanks! I will mention it to a couple of the doctors tomorrow. And yes, I will certainly read up on it, first.
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Good news. She will be leaving surgical intensive care within the next few days. Then it is off to rehab, I guess, to work on whatever she may have forgotten. What a roller coaster ride!
I will be spending the last couple of nights with her, at the hospital. =P Such amazing news, especially considering all we have been told. And we have sever relatives who are being testing, to see if they can donate a kidney. So she doesnt have to go through dialysis for the remainder of her life. :)
Thanks, guys!
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i know what you're going through.
my better half has lived longer than the doctors gave her to live .... i feel very blessed to still have my better half.
Pray and Thank your God.
i dont mean that to be sarcastic, but that's what i do every day that i wake up and still have my better half.
you both will be in my prayers even though i have no clue who you are.
ChemCat
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Wow, thank you so much, Chem! You fucking people are just awesome. So much support, it's fantastic! Isn't that what it's all about, though? ;)
And yes.... I will stick to thanking the doctors, and kick ass nurses who have taken care of her. Speaking of nurses... I walked in and this dude was rubbing her back with scented lotions. What service! =P Really is amazing the attention they show patients in SICU.
Again, thanks to all! She's not done yet. And she has got some memory still. When asked where I was today she was told I was up all night working, per the usual... You know what she says? "Figures, noob!" facepalm.jpg Lol I rolled.