How is your brother doing? I hope he’s made a good recovery. The exact same thing happened to me October 21. I had a heart attack which brought on cardiac arrest. I was down for 43 minutes, CPR and 10 zaps of the defibrillator. I was in a coma for 4 weeks. Hospital for 10. I only learned today what ECMO is as I was wondering and googling what these scars on both sides of my neck and both sides of my groin were actually caused from. Fascinating.

I also had ICU psychosis. While I recovered from the organ failure, mentally to this day and my hospitalization was almost 4 years ago. I would in a drug-induced coma for 6-8 weeks. The psychosis is a whole other issue that I had then. I still have those memories of what I was seeing and hearing. As I was coming out of things, my imagination was running wild. I'm glad I wasn't able to say what I was seeing or hearing. I live in Utah and I'm not of the Mormon faith. I was terrified that I had Mormon demons all around me and I was planning my escape from what I thought was an evil den of evil demons. When I could speak, a friend from church came to visit me and I had to ask her many times to verify where I was. I have other horrible dreamlike things I was experiencing. But, when I go to bed to this date, I still remember those times. It's only when I'm looking forward like I was in the hospital, but I don't when I lay on my side. I'm glad that I never shared these things I was seeing and hearing. When the psychologist came to evaluate me, I must have mentioned the Mormon demons lol. My doctors are all Mormons, so, my guess is that I must have called them evil Mormon demons lol. In a way, I think it may have been a good thing to talk to someone. I would be more than happy to get rid of these weekly things going on in my brain and a repeat of what I was seeing in the ICU.

oh bless. same here. how are you doing now? hows your lungs recovering. any lungs abnormalities still show on scans?

The majority of people have never heard of it; I am now reading everything I can find on the internet. So very happy for you Mireya Willems🙏🏻❤️🌹

Hey, do you mind if I ask some questions. As I understood it ECMO is used as a last resort very intensive treatment that basically temporarily replaces the most important organs of our body. So your illness must have been very severe. I hope you are doing great now but do you still have lasting effects from Covid? I want to find out how hard the treatment of Covid is because there are some people that still underestimate the severity of the disease with claims that if it comes to the worst there is still very invasive treatment options like intubation and ECMO. I wish you the best.

Hi Mereya how long did spent on ECMO?

@@StayCurious247 I still get exhausted while making the bed or going up the stairs ect.. No pulmonary fibrosis so far.

May I ask why you ended up on the ECMO machine? I wish you all the best with your health and future “self”.....Stay strong and no negativity in your life, NO stress!!😊🍀💪🏼 Blessings send from Canada.🙏🏼👋🏼🇨🇦 .

@@McChrister thank you so much for your kind wishes. Because of COVID19 i ended up on ECMO, when my lungs were fully destroyed to keep me alive. Ecmo was the last option even then my family was told that please be prepared for the worse. Because Covid did a drastic damage to my lungs. I was on ECMO for 19 days and God sent me back with bonus life. They call me a miracle in hospital. I can never thank enough to God. I pray for all to be safe and sound.

Wow, you are powerful! How are you doing now?

@@groebestie5594 doing OK. having some lasting damages and facing health related surprises.

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The long term effects of surviving severe critical illness are diverse and complex. The more we follow up patients after critical illness, the more this is appreciated. I hope your father is improving.

How are feeling today any long term symptoms?

Yes it has affected my lungs and I have to go get a pulmonary test for every two months and it causes blood clot on my inner thigh I had a surgery because the blood clot almost damaged my nerves

I'm curious to know how long you were on ecmo?

@@Jammin-Jamie a month

bless you. were you on ecmo because of Covid? what is the prognosis now? how are you and hows health related quality of life?

I was on ECMO in the fall of 2018. I was completely miserable for the 18 months after it. I still have mental issues to this day, but they are less than half, versus more than half of the time. Almost daily I slip into a day dreaming type state and relive the nightmares I had the entire time I was on it. I was severely depressed and basically gave up on life. It did eventually get better. If you ever want to discuss or ask questions, I’m happy to talk.

First time I went in a restaurant, I had a small panic attack. I wished I had a security blanket or bubble to protect me.

So far my last CT scan showed no scarring but I still had some inflammation. Should be getting another x-ray in December. It is one year this month.

Hi Eve. You are strong if you recovered from this disease. I'm really happy to hear it. My wife after covid and 3 weeks of ventilator was put on ECMO. Eve, Can I ask you few questions about being on ecmo here or privately? Thanks

@@yosefleontyev356 yes please. This would not let me leave an email address here. If you get my email address please feel free to email me.

I am extremely thankful to God for a second chance but yes you feel fragile.

@@yosefleontyev356 can I message you privately however I don’t know how to do that. My brother was put on Ecmo today.

@@ArabellaVictoria i hope your brother is OK

bless! hope you are OK