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Dear Mummo

I look in at this thread at least twice a day to check on progress and I was so happy to read that your husband is a little better.

My daughter is a nurse and she would tell you not to worry at all about the indignity, they are quite used to such things; they are professionals and will be so pleased to see him get well. She says that is one of the joys of nursing.

Birdi x

Thinking of you Mummo and Eddie and your family, so glad to hear there is improvemnet and very touched by your obvious love for each other :))

Rose xxxx

Lots of positive news here to build on, ... Great.

I hope you and Eddie can find a few more laughs to keep your spirits up while he recovers.

Gwyn

Just managed to get on GR for the first time today to see if there were any updates from you and was so relieved to hear about the improvement in Eddie and hopefully he has now turned a corner and you will see a more improvement in the following days. It was so heartening to hear that you are now able to communicate with him too.

((((hugs)))) and love to Eddie, you and the rest of the family

Mair and Malcolm
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thinking of you mummo,

its always hard when somone we love is hurt but hes int he best place,

ad glad to hear hes improving xxxx

So happy things are a little bit better for Eddie,
hopefully he has turned the corner now and thing will continue to improve.
((( hugs ))) for you all.X

Hi mummo ..

so pleased eddie is improving ..you sound a lot happier today each day he will get stronger.. still in my prayers and sending you loads of positive thoughts ..

jgee xxx

Hello Mummo .....I'm so very glad to read your brighter news . I'm so pleased that you and Eddie are finding your little ways to communicate ( especially to be able to say the I love you bit : )) )

As others have said being a patient can be the most undignified thing in the world . Believe you me , I have tales from my eight week stay that would make you cringe.....lol......but it hasn't scared me for life and I can laugh about it now ( even though I still grimace at the memory ).

I hope your daughter doesn't fret to much about having to leave you , she must be feeling very torn in two at the moment .

My bestest wishes to you all.....keep on keeping on xxx

Pleased to hear that your husband has made some progress, that's wonderful. May he continue to improve slowly each day.
Remebering you all in prayer.



Val in SA.

Oh Mummo ,
That is good news isn't it .
i.m so pleased , for you and Eddie ..
your all still in my prayers and thoughts
Hazelx xxxx

Thanks for your comments this morning, yes l do feel better this morning it just gave me a awful shock when they told me they had put him in a induced coma but after yesterday seeing him awake again and with a bit of colour in his cheeks did me the world of good.
I did ask if they could put one of those nappy things on him but they said that he couldn't wear one because where he has to lay flat and is prone to bed sores every thing has to be crease free so no nappy for him !!!!!!!!!!
I have just dropped my daughter up the hospital and l'm going to do a bit of h/ work and have a shower then join her up there, God l'm going to miss her when she goes home tomorrow but she is going home for 10 days then she will be back with me for 3 weeks.
Speak to you all soon, xxxx

I am so happy to read this news and Mummo, the love you and Eddie have for each other just shines through everything you write and I just know that will see him through this. As well as all of us all on GR just willing him to improve. BCXXX

I am so glad that you have some positive news at last. Being a patient is not the most dignified thing at the best of times, but the nurses are perfectly used to it.

It is lovely for both of you that you are able to communicate, although only slowly, at least you can talk to him and reassure him.

Linda
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Hi Mummo, its good to hear that Eddie is now out of the coma, alert & making progress. Hopefully from here on, you'll see big improvement over the coming days.

Sending positive thoughts & (((((((((((hugs))))))))))))

Stee
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Good morning Mummo
Sending best wishes to you and Eddie
xx

So pleased to hear that Eddie has made some progress...... needing to go to the loo is a good sign, as well!! We do lose our dignity in hospital, at times....... when I was in, three specialists from three different areas had been asked to come and give me the once over, lol

I awoke from a nap, to see this lovely man with a beaming smile at the end of my bed... he told me his name, but not his role... now, which one was he? The Dentist, the ENT specialist.... or the Gynaecologist? lolol I was drugged up to the eyeballs, so won't tell you what, in all innocence, I asked him.... but I expect you can make a pretty good guess!! The elderly lady (90 years young) in the bed next to me laughed for a week over that, and I was sooooooo embarrassed!! ;¬))

Hopefully, your visit today will find small improvements again... fingers crossed, and prayers said

(((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))) for you all

Love

Daff xxxxx

Oh Mummo, I am so pleased Eddie's out of his induced coma, that you were both able to say how much you love each other. O)))

They should be able to give Eddie, can't think of the name, am sure someone will know ... not nappies but similar which will preserve his dignity. Also boxer shorts can be unstitched and velcroed to wear over the top.

Leaving you both hugs, always in my thoughts and prayers ((((Mummo & Eddie)))).

xxx Shimms xxx

Morning Mummo,
It is lovely you hear you sounding a little brighter today.Fingers crossed Eddie has coped all night with the Ventilator and that he feels more comfortable in the Toilet Department!!.I t easy for the Nurses as they don't bat an eyelid at having to clean up a patient ,BUT it is mortifying for the poor patient.
Heres hoping for a good day xx

Hi all, l didn't post yesterday as time l got back from the hospital and phoned family to let them know how Eddie was l was shattered so went to bed about 10. 00pm.
They took Ed out of the induced coma yesterday but he is still on the ventilator and if he could manage that that wouldn't put him back to sleep, he seem to cope with it last night, when l asked him if he was in pain or uncomfortable he did a small shake of the head to say no so l was pleased with that answer.
We did communicate ok, l was holding his hand and he started tapping the front of my wrist, that meant he wanted to know what the time was ( why, lol ) but l did feel sorry for him as he held my hand and pointed to a certain area but l told him he had a catheter but he didn't mean that he wanted a number 2 but they told him that because he had broken his back they couldn't put a bed pan under him and he just had to go in the bed then they would clean it up, he really didn't want to do that but after l had a little talk with him he said he would, god did his dignity go out the window then !!!!!!!!!
Also when l went to leave l told him l loved him and he started squeezing my hand like mad so he wanted to tell me something ..........we got there in the end, it was he love me too, lol. so all in all even though he is still very poorly we did manage to have a few laughs , well l laughed and he smiled with his eyes.
I know l keep saying this but your messages really do help, l am so glad l'm a member of GR, it just shows you that there are good people on here that get you through all of our upsets we encounter in our daily lifes. xxxxxx

Hope today brings better news for you and your hubby and that he will make good progress along the road to recovery.


Lizx