Hi
My partner took ill 5 months ago and was on a life support machine for 12 weeks, it was very traumatic as every day they told us he was not going to make it.
I spent 6 weeks staying night and day in the waiting room of icu, as i was frightened to leave incase he died when i was not there.
He made it through all sorts of problems including multiple organ failure only to have two strokes, he is now brain damaged from being on life support for so long and has vascular dementia.
He is still in hospital and i'm told he will need 24 hour nursing care and its unlikely that he will come home.
I'm so devestated!!!!!
People think i am so strong and that i handle it so well, the truth is that i cry myself to sleep every night.
95% of the time he does not know who i am. I don't know what to do, i feel so guilty.
Alex
My partner took ill 5 months ago and was on a life support machine for 12 weeks, it was very traumatic as every day they told us he was not going to make it.
I spent 6 weeks staying night and day in the waiting room of icu, as i was frightened to leave incase he died when i was not there.
He made it through all sorts of problems including multiple organ failure only to have two strokes, he is now brain damaged from being on life support for so long and has vascular dementia.
He is still in hospital and i'm told he will need 24 hour nursing care and its unlikely that he will come home.
I'm so devestated!!!!!
People think i am so strong and that i handle it so well, the truth is that i cry myself to sleep every night.
95% of the time he does not know who i am. I don't know what to do, i feel so guilty.
Alex