My 24 year old son suffered cardiac arrest after a near fatal cardiac arrhythmia while on vacation with us. He collapsed while walking . A bystander that new CPR was there and iniated CPR with in minutes. He was brought to a major medical center. He was in a coma for 21 days. One neurologist was very encouraging. ICU MDs were not supportive of recovery. The MDS wanted us to look at LTAC ( long term acute care facility ) for him to transferred. We spent every minute by his side making sure he received the best care. After 17 days in a coma we had him transferred to a hospital closer to our home. The new neurologist believed that he would not recover due to his MRI. After 22 days he came out of the coma . He had weakness in all his extremities and could not walk and his vision was impaired. Slowly he gained his strength and vision improved. He spent 20 days inpatient rehab and 3 months out patient. He is walking talking and independent in all activities of daily living . We are told he is a miracle. We prayed for a miracle for 21 days. We never gave up. We were an advocate for him to receive the best care. Many doctors and nurses were not hopeful.His age and being healthy was on his side. He is doing well we r praying now that he will be able to drive and return to his job next month. I realize my son was extremely lucky. You have to stay positive and not always believe the MDs. The brain is an amazing organ
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My 24 year old son suffered cardiac arrest after a near fatal cardiac arrhythmia while on vacation with us. He collapsed while walking . A bystander that new CPR was there and iniated CPR with in minutes. He was brought to a major medical center. He was in a coma for 21 days. One neurologist was very encouraging. ICU MDs were not supportive of recovery. The MDS wanted us to look at LTAC ( long term acute care facility ) for him to transferred. We spent every minute by his side making sure he received the best care. After 17 days in a coma we had him transferred to a hospital closer to our home. The new neurologist believed that he would not recover due to his MRI. After 22 days he came out of the coma . He had weakness in all his extremities and could not walk and his vision was impaired. Slowly he gained his strength and vision improved. He spent 20 days inpatient rehab and 3 months out patient. He is walking talking and independent in all activities of daily living . We are told he is a miracle. We prayed for a miracle for 21 days. We never gave up. We were an advocate for him to receive the best care. Many doctors and nurses were not hopeful.His age and being healthy was on his side. He is doing well we r praying now that he will be able to drive and return to his job next month. I realize my son was extremely lucky. You have to stay positive and not always believe the MDs. The brain is an amazing organ
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