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Sepsis: What's your experience recovering from sepsis?

Intensive Care (ICU) | Last Active: Feb 10 9:05am | Replies (86)
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@colleenyoung

I'm tagging @dbrima to make sure they see your encouraging post, @smokeychip1.

There's no doubt that sepsis and serious illness in ICU affects not only the patient, but family and those supporting them. @smokeychip1, have you heard of post intensive care syndrome (PICS) and post intensive care syndrome family (PICS-F)?

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dbrima | @dbrima | Feb 7 5:19pm

Thanks for thinking of me. I am 9 months past my second open heart surgery and 2 years past my septic shock. I still do not know if it’s post septic shock that causes this great confusion or recovery from 2 open heart surgeries. I have heard it takes time after open heart for my brain to understand the things that were done to my heart. However, I find it difficult to keep up with conversations when I am out with girlfriends or planning and scheduling play dates for my son. Total confusion. I also am becoming apathetic about things that I was once highly interested in. I think the trauma of the past few years has caused some of this, too. Maybe PTSD?

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smokeychip1 | @smokeychip1 | Feb 8 10:14pm

No I haven't but I can do some research on it!!! Thanks!!

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