Hi,
My mum has moved to general ward 10D, Bed 110.
As of what I know now, my mum's coma scale is between 4 and 5. My mum is improving but gradually, therefore nothing much can really be said as of now.
I know that there are quite a number of people who read this blog but doesn't leave any comments behind. I was told that many other people would find it easier to email rather than to leave a comment in a blog. So, I'm leaving behind my email address just in case anyone needs to get in touch with the family or me with regards to my mum's condition.
My email address is jo3l_seah@hotmail.com.
Thank you for praying alongside with me.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
time to update!
Hi all,
my apologies for taking such an extreme long time for this post to come by but things have been kinda hectic and I've also been quite lazy to a certain extent so my apologies once again.
Here are some of the updates for you guys:
My mum was evacuated back to Singapore on the 10th of April 2009 at approx 4am via a special medical plane catered by the SOS team. The SOS team that was responsible for evacuating my mum back mentioned that during the flight, my mum's condition was stable and she even managed to breathe on her own a little.
That was two weeks ago. Let's fast forward.
Her condition today is such that she has already been moved out of ICU for about 3 days now. Only 5 or so days ago was she able to breathe on her own, even though she's still breathing a tube in her throat (aka Tracheostomy) but doctors will gradually try and get her to breathe on her own, through the nose, gradually. The procedure for this is that they will attempt to close the hole in her throat for 10 mins the first time and see how she reacts to it and if she's able to breathe through her nose for that period of time. Once successful, then after another period of time, maybe hours later, they will try the same thing, with a slightly longer duration this time until she can ultimately breathe on her own. This whole treatment process is expected to take a couple of weeks if successful.
Next up would be the condition of her brain. Recently, doctors have operated on her and implanted this device called the shunt inside her brain. Purpose of the shunt is to actually drain excessive fluids from the brain. Normally, how a normal brain would work is that on a daily basis, our brains will produce about half a litre of brain fluids but because also the fluids is absorbed by the brain, it is like a continual cycle that will just keep going on. In my mum's case, the brain still produces the same amount of brain fluid daily, but the function for the brain to absorb the fluid is not working, thus there will always be excessive fluids and therefore, the shunt that is implanted in her serves as the "drainage system" within her brain. The original shunt did not really work and as of late last night, they operated on her again and re-did the shunt and we were told this morning that there were slight improvements in her but still needs to be observed further in order to confirm.
As for her general condition, its pretty much the same as how she was in HK. No doubt she has made certain improvements along the way, like being able to breathe on her own and not depend on the respirator but generally, her coma scale is still the same, mostly at 4 but at a point of time, back at 3, the deepest state of coma(but that was probably because the shunt wasn't performing its functions properly so we'll wait and see how the shunt performs).
Other then that, we as the family have still been meeting up often, usually to discuss plans for the future, especially in terms of financial needs. So we're still planning for the future and hopefully God will give us the wisdom to make the right decisions.
I promise to update again soon once I have any new news. Take care people!
my apologies for taking such an extreme long time for this post to come by but things have been kinda hectic and I've also been quite lazy to a certain extent so my apologies once again.
Here are some of the updates for you guys:
My mum was evacuated back to Singapore on the 10th of April 2009 at approx 4am via a special medical plane catered by the SOS team. The SOS team that was responsible for evacuating my mum back mentioned that during the flight, my mum's condition was stable and she even managed to breathe on her own a little.
That was two weeks ago. Let's fast forward.
Her condition today is such that she has already been moved out of ICU for about 3 days now. Only 5 or so days ago was she able to breathe on her own, even though she's still breathing a tube in her throat (aka Tracheostomy) but doctors will gradually try and get her to breathe on her own, through the nose, gradually. The procedure for this is that they will attempt to close the hole in her throat for 10 mins the first time and see how she reacts to it and if she's able to breathe through her nose for that period of time. Once successful, then after another period of time, maybe hours later, they will try the same thing, with a slightly longer duration this time until she can ultimately breathe on her own. This whole treatment process is expected to take a couple of weeks if successful.
Next up would be the condition of her brain. Recently, doctors have operated on her and implanted this device called the shunt inside her brain. Purpose of the shunt is to actually drain excessive fluids from the brain. Normally, how a normal brain would work is that on a daily basis, our brains will produce about half a litre of brain fluids but because also the fluids is absorbed by the brain, it is like a continual cycle that will just keep going on. In my mum's case, the brain still produces the same amount of brain fluid daily, but the function for the brain to absorb the fluid is not working, thus there will always be excessive fluids and therefore, the shunt that is implanted in her serves as the "drainage system" within her brain. The original shunt did not really work and as of late last night, they operated on her again and re-did the shunt and we were told this morning that there were slight improvements in her but still needs to be observed further in order to confirm.
As for her general condition, its pretty much the same as how she was in HK. No doubt she has made certain improvements along the way, like being able to breathe on her own and not depend on the respirator but generally, her coma scale is still the same, mostly at 4 but at a point of time, back at 3, the deepest state of coma(but that was probably because the shunt wasn't performing its functions properly so we'll wait and see how the shunt performs).
Other then that, we as the family have still been meeting up often, usually to discuss plans for the future, especially in terms of financial needs. So we're still planning for the future and hopefully God will give us the wisdom to make the right decisions.
I promise to update again soon once I have any new news. Take care people!
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