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<blockquote data-quote="Annb" data-source="post: 2504179" data-attributes="member: 25851"><p>It's not good. Not desperate yet, but worrying. SIL is thinking that, despite what he was told about the drastic reduction in temperature during the op allowing surgeons to stop the blood flow and therefore oxygen to his brain and other organs, which would prevent damage to those organs, he has suffered some brain damage. At present, he is only mildly sedated and just on oxygen, but seems unable to move or respond. He is being hoisted out of his bed twice a day and sat in a chair, but, apparently, he is like a rag doll during this procedure. He was told that the op had an 85% success rate, but it's beginning to look as though he is one of the remaining 15%. That's not to say that the heart part of the op was not a success, but, as SIL says, what was the point in having a healthy heart in a body completely unable to live a life?</p><p></p><p>I must say, my prayers are beginning to be for "whatever is best for him", rather than for a good recovery only. SIL is at breaking point. Not helped by the fact that her daughter has to go back to work in London and so there will be nobody able to drive to Oxford (a 3 hour journey from where they live and 3 hours back) for a daily 1 hour visit. £150 a time in a taxi. Cheaper to try to get a B&B in Oxford and just stay there for the duration. She is thinking of asking if he could be transferred to their local hospital now that it is just a question of trying to nurse him back to health.</p><p></p><p>Still, we have to hope. What's the alternative?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Annb, post: 2504179, member: 25851"] It's not good. Not desperate yet, but worrying. SIL is thinking that, despite what he was told about the drastic reduction in temperature during the op allowing surgeons to stop the blood flow and therefore oxygen to his brain and other organs, which would prevent damage to those organs, he has suffered some brain damage. At present, he is only mildly sedated and just on oxygen, but seems unable to move or respond. He is being hoisted out of his bed twice a day and sat in a chair, but, apparently, he is like a rag doll during this procedure. He was told that the op had an 85% success rate, but it's beginning to look as though he is one of the remaining 15%. That's not to say that the heart part of the op was not a success, but, as SIL says, what was the point in having a healthy heart in a body completely unable to live a life? I must say, my prayers are beginning to be for "whatever is best for him", rather than for a good recovery only. SIL is at breaking point. Not helped by the fact that her daughter has to go back to work in London and so there will be nobody able to drive to Oxford (a 3 hour journey from where they live and 3 hours back) for a daily 1 hour visit. £150 a time in a taxi. Cheaper to try to get a B&B in Oxford and just stay there for the duration. She is thinking of asking if he could be transferred to their local hospital now that it is just a question of trying to nurse him back to health. Still, we have to hope. What's the alternative? [/QUOTE]
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