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Is My Aunt Having Brain Damage From Coma?
In Dec. my Aunt had a cut in her toe, that then possibly led to a staphylococcus infection in her blood. Dr.s then realized two of her valves were bad and performed a heart surgery but had to induce her in a coma because the bleeding wouldn t stop (she was a diabetic). They left her heart open for 1-2 days to help bleeding and today woke her up. They then realized she needed a pacemaker but was going to wait because her WBC was high and she had a fever. Its been 14 hours since they woke her from coma but no response. Could she have had brain damage from the coma?
Tue, 10 May 2016
HI
The induced coma wouldn't cause brain damage and it's too soon to say that she won't become responsive
The induced coma wouldn't cause brain damage and it's too soon to say that she won't become responsive
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