by cabanyes17251 » Mon Dec 30, 2013 1:59 pm
My husband suffered a similar injury, several brain heamorrhages, brain swelling, fractured vertebrae etc, through a cycling accident in Oct 2010. He was in a medically induced coma for 2 weeks in ICU. At the time the doctors said he had a 50% chance of survival, and that if he did survive they weren't sure what damage the brain had suffered. When they did start to bring him out of the coma he had no major brain function problems. One of the obvious things was he was very confused about where he was, who had visited him etc. the surgeons operated on his back while he was in the coma, so he was unaware of that, thank god. For the first few months he was very confused about everything, form whether it was 8am or 8pm and on the journey home from the hospital (after 3 weeks as an in-patient) he could describe perfectly our previous house. but not the house we had lived in for the past 7 years. He was also very angry with me, I suppose being the closest to him. We have been married for 21 years and together for 28 years, but one night shortly after being at home, he asked me where my husband was !! Corinna, as well as Micael, has a long road ahead of her. I hope she (and their children) get the support they need during Michaels rehabilitation. I wish them all the very best for the forthcoming week, months and years.
Ps my husband still has random memory problems and is still impatient.
My husband suffered a similar injury, several brain heamorrhages, brain swelling, fractured vertebrae etc, through a cycling accident in Oct 2010. He was in a medically induced coma for 2 weeks in ICU. At the time the doctors said he had a 50% chance of survival, and that if he did survive they weren't sure what damage the brain had suffered. When they did start to bring him out of the coma he had no major brain function problems. One of the obvious things was he was very confused about where he was, who had visited him etc. the surgeons operated on his back while he was in the coma, so he was unaware of that, thank god. For the first few months he was very confused about everything, form whether it was 8am or 8pm and on the journey home from the hospital (after 3 weeks as an in-patient) he could describe perfectly our previous house. but not the house we had lived in for the past 7 years. He was also very angry with me, I suppose being the closest to him. We have been married for 21 years and together for 28 years, but one night shortly after being at home, he asked me where my husband was !! Corinna, as well as Micael, has a long road ahead of her. I hope she (and their children) get the support they need during Michaels rehabilitation. I wish them all the very best for the forthcoming week, months and years.
Ps my husband still has random memory problems and is still impatient.
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