The Official "You Go CathyMoran" thread!

The_Conductor

Far better news this morning- she woke up and sat up in bed, and tidied herself up a little with the help of the nurse. I rang her dad with the bedside phone so she could say good morning to him- as he is climbing walls too.
I am so relieved after yesterday afternoon/evening. I just hope there are no more complications like yesterday- I almost went insane.

ARGINITE

Wow, such great news to hear.
So it wont be long before she is back posting on boards.

hunnymonster

What a roller coaster for you guys. Glad this morning is a good one. Never underestimate the power of good that comes with "tiding herself up".... we women can be so fickle :-) I hope it's all good from here.

Were they due to do some scans today? Are they going ahead?

nesf

Excellent news.

Trinity

That is just wonderful news it really really it

mike65

Phew! (I started this update with the bad news on page 2 and was slightly dreading clicking page 3...)

Mike.

Terry

Great to hear, Shane.
Remember to keep positive.

Stargal

That's really great news

Thanks for taking the time to post here Shane.

jhegarty

Great News

tbh

Fantastic stuff, hopefully thats the worst of it over now.

gyppo

Shane,

My thoughts are with you and Cathy at the moment. I've never really spoken to her here except for one post, but I'm looking forward to her future posts here.

empirix

Excellent news, especially after yesterday, keep on fighting guys

The_Conductor

She is ok again this morning- but did not sleep at all last night and is not really able to focus (literally) on anything. Her breathing is still not good, but this morning's good news is it looks like the dialysis machine is going. She will be able to do proper short physiotherapy sessions once this happens. She is also starting to turn on the TV- but does not have any concentration and immediately turns it off again. Mental note to self, get a copy of the RTE guide on my way this morning.

Shane

ARGINITE

Nothing like waking up to good news.
Its great to hear that she improving.
Still in my taughts.

James.

greine

Good to hear Aoife's improving, ye are in my thoughts and prayers.

tbh

smccarrick wrote:

She is ok again this morning- but did not sleep at all last night and is not really able to focus (literally) on anything. Her breathing is still not good, but this morning's good news is it looks like the dialysis machine is going. She will be able to do proper short physiotherapy sessions once this happens. She is also starting to turn on the TV- but does not have any concentration and immediately turns it off again. Mental note to self, get a copy of the RTE guide on my way this morning.

Shane

Give her our love Shane, it's great to hear things are getting better. An aside to the admins, when ye were thinking of creating boards, I know you were hoping to establish a sense of community. This thread should make you all proud, and Shane and Aoife, ye should be very proud of yourselves as well. This thread makes me happy, and I'll be even happier when Cathy can come back on and post again herself.

DemonOfTheFall

That's great news, can't wait to hear more of it.

Trinity

tbh wrote:

Give her our love Shane, it's great to hear things are getting better. An aside to the admins, when ye were thinking of creating boards, I know you were hoping to establish a sense of community. This thread should make you all proud, and Shane and Aoife, ye should be very proud of yourselves as well. This thread makes me happy, and I'll be even happier when Cathy can come back on and post again herself.

Ditto. Its amazing how you can admire someone you never even met, but CathyMoran has been in my thoughts all week, and you too Shane. Everytime i got angry/sad over something small and unimportant in the grand scheme of things, i thought of you two and gave myself a kick up the ass.

Shane thanks for taking the time to keep us updated. I know you must be tired physically and emotionally and corny as it sounds , we really are with you guys all the way .

Kinetic^

Hope things are going well for you both and can't wait to see Cathy posting again.

The_Conductor

Sunday update. Its day 9 of ICU for Cathymoran now. Yesterday she was allowed to sip water for the first time, and managed to sit out on a chair briefly. Unfortunately her idea of sipping wasn't quite what the doctors was, and x-rays this morning show her chest a lot worse with more fluid than previously. She is going to have a gastric swallow test tomorrow morning to check how the surgery itself went. She is also back on dialysis again, and on noradrenalin to try to regulate her blood pressure. She really is going through the wars..... Hopefully she improves enough to go to a high dependency unit shortly.

ARGINITE

Its great to hear that she is making progress on the road to recovery. It would be great to hear that she is out of the ICU.

James.

nesf

Any progress is good news.

Vexorg

Its quite a roller coaster read up to here, CathyMoran(Aoife) really has touched a lot of lives. Aoife & Shane, I am thinking about ye.

Get well soon.

The_Conductor

Hi all,

Aoife was not able to do her gastric swallow exam today, as when she was supposed to swallow the dye she was unable to. Its now been rescheduled for later in the week. Her noradrenalin has been increased to try to stabilise blood pressure- which is still all over the place with little or no warning. She does look much improved, and is asking for things that indicate she is on the road to recovery (such her mobile phone and her creative zen). She is not allowed to have them though. She pleaded with the doctor to be allowed to sip water again- and was thrilled to be let do so. Her pneumonia is still a problem- but her cough reflex is getting stronger, so hopefully she will be able to clear her lungs herself without too much manual intervention from the nurses (putting a tube down her mouth and navigating into her lungs to suction them- quite distressing as you might imagine). She has had a bit of a battle with the dialysis machine, and unfortunately will have to go back on it yet again. Her central line is causing problems though- so it may have to moved from her femoral artery to another artery (they are running out of possibilities......). One of the strange things about dialysis is the way it really chills the body- so she is in an airfilled blanket at 38 degrees, to try to keep her warm. They gave her sedatives before I left this evening- so fingers crossed she gets a good night sleep. The nursing staff there are amazing- their care and dilligence in looking after Aoife is impeccable.

Aoife still isn't up to watching the tv (her concentration levels are zilch) or reading- and is finding this incredibly frustrating in its own right.

Though progress is slow, and there have been more than a few setbacks- I looked at a picture of Aoife that I took a week ago for her, and compared it to her today- she is a different person. Aoife doesn't see it that way though- she is the type of person who tries to run before she can walk properly, and finds being unable to do anything at all and sleeping most of the day frustrating in the extreme. Sleep is as good a medicine as any other though- and she needs it.

Thankyou all for your kind words,

Shane

Schlemm

Hope the treatment is going well, it sounds really tough.

Get well soon x x x.:)

holly_johnson

Shane,
I cannot begin to imagine how it must feel for both of you to go through this. you are both an inspiration and Aoife is such a strong person.

You are always in my thoughts and prayers and I really hope everything turns out well for you both.

Take care.

Henry Ford III

Best wishes and good luck. I hope you make a full recovery.

littlesurfer

Hi Aoife and Shane,

My thoughts are with you. Its so great to hear your making progress, i know its a slow process. Wishing you all the best over the next days. Thinking of you

x

kraggy

Cathy and Shane,

Hope you both aren't feeling too drained and that the progress continues.

All the best,

K.

ARGINITE

Thanks for the update Shane, its great to see that Aoife is making progress no matter how slow.

I was thinking of arranging to send a get well soon card from the boards members to Aoife, if its ok with Shane.
So hopefully we could get as many boards members as possible to sign it.
If anybody is interested in signing the card then PM me and we can arrange something.

James.