I was on life support with a 2-4% chance of survival…AMA

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I was in a coma for 2 weeks after giving birth to my 4th child.
I had the flu, pneumonia, gestational diabetes, and an amniotic embolism.

I was on:
A feeding tube, oxygen, ELS, Dialysis, and ECMO. I am fully recovered, minus vocal cord damage and tons of scars.

Ask me anything.

Comments

  1. averyvoluptuousfairy Avatar

    How are you dealing with or supporting yourself with the emotions of what happened?

  2. GMEINTSHP Avatar

    Do you play the lotto?

  3. jIfte8-fabnaw-hefxob Avatar

    What was it like when you woke up? Were you aware that a lot of time had passed?

  4. Mashdoofus Avatar

    What do you remember when you were in ICU? 

    What did your family take away from what the doctor said at the family meetings?

  5. CaptinEmergency Avatar

    Did you survive?

  6. Many_Strawberry_4190 Avatar

    Do you regret deciding to go through this 4th pregnancy?

  7. DoctorRiddlez Avatar

    Were you conscious while on lifesupport

  8. seidinove Avatar

    What has being on life support taught you about B2B sales?

  9. Kind-Elderberry-4096 Avatar

    We’re there any indications before you got pregnant again that there might be such, or any, serious complications?
    And how old were you when you got pregnant?

  10. athensiah Avatar

    What country were you in? If its the US I have questions about how the insurance coverage of that worked

  11. Real-Specific-5486 Avatar

    Do you think that the willing to come back and support your family and newborn gave you the strenght to survive?

  12. Traditional-Watch-41 Avatar

    My friend passed away from an AFE during labor. It happened in a split second. So glad to hear you made it through! Do you recall what happened when you had the embolism?

  13. ronweasleisourking Avatar

    How the hell do you get all of those at once?! Glad you’re better but holy hell that’s some awful luck

  14. Neptune0690 Avatar

    How long ago was this? I noticed you replied to someone saying you’re getting divorced I’m just wondering if it was recent

  15. youwigglewithagiggle Avatar

    Wow – what a battle you fought! Do you have a clear picture of how all of those conditions interacted together, if at all? Like, was the flu pretty much the straw that broke the camel’s back?

  16. _weedkiller_ Avatar

    What visions did you have?

  17. lesbianteengirl Avatar

    Fucking hell, you survived ECMO? 

    Nothing to ask but holy shit im glad you defied the odds!

  18. Tokihome_Breach6722 Avatar

    I’m glad you’re able to tell God and your family and us about your trauma. Do you feel relief by talking about what you went through?

  19. VergilCarver Avatar

    What was the unconscious time like? Was it just like blinking and waking up however long later? Or how much time did you feel like passed versus how much actually passed?