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Multi Organ Failure, ICU

  • 07-04-2016 4:24pm
    #1
    oB1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 706 ✭✭✭


    Hi there,

    my Dad is in ICU for three weeks now in an induced coma and on a ventilator, initially with Severe Pneumonia but the Pneumonia never cleared and now he's in Multiple Organ Failure.. he's 57.

    I guess i have lots of questions, it was initially just his lungs in a bad way with the Pneumonia and nothing else was wrong.

    But now everything is starting to fail.. liver, kidneys etc etc..

    why would this be happening? - is there anything that can be done? is there any hope at all of recovery?

    I rang the hospital this evening for an update and i was told that he is very ill and that i need to come and speak with the consultant tomorrow.

    Does that mean this is it? - is there nothing else that can be done..

    i guess i just cant understand how it was initially just pnuemonia and now its every vital organ effected..

    :(:(


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  • #2
    Keane2baMused
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭Keane2baMused


    I'm very sorry to hear that.

    Unfortunately pneumonia is one of those illnesses that can cause serious problems systemically if it gets bad enough.

    But that does not mean you shouldn't have hope he will recover. We all need hope!

    My advice would be to wait until the consultant talks to you before you come to any conclusion. You will drive yourself mad and upset with such worry and things must be very stressful and worrying as it is.


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