Andyreay

Thanks everyone for your kind words, I went to see Julie yesterday ( as I do every day and WOW, she was just like the old Julie. I got her to call her family, with my help as she can't see. She went to the bathroom unaided and just seemed so much more content. Her eyesight has not improved at all so this is holding her back. Although she is not complaint about it I feal that she is very fearful of it not returning. We are a strong family unit and will get through this. The thing we all now realise is that she has survived and may not have. I am glad I found this site as it is comforting to know so many you have gone through this and come out the other end.

Thanks everyone for your kind words of encouragement. The Irony here is that the awful cake probably saved Julie's life as this may have held off until the next night at my daughters party when we all may have been slightly inebriated. I went to see Julie earlier and she was complaining of severe headache and feeling sick, I informed the nurse and they gave her some medication. Is it a usual feeling for me to think that this may be worse due to the initial effects of the SAH

Hi My name is Andy and my wife suffered a SAH. It all happened on 20/11/ 2015. We were preparing for our Youngest Daughters 18th birthday the next day. We had just picked up her Birthday Cake and her older sister from the local train station but Unfortunately the cake had not lasted the short car journey. Julie was quite upset as this had cost us £100 and looked quite spectacular when we picked it up. Julie suddenly felt faint and had to sit down, I did not realise anything was wrong and thought she was just over reacting. Julie then started vomiting just has her mum called round, she is a healthcare worker and recognised this was not right so I called an Ambulance. The paramedic took her blood pressure and with the answers Julie gave, about the headaches etc, concluded that she may have had a bleed on her brain and she was rushed to local A&E. A ct scan confirmed our worst fears and Julie was taken to a speciality hospital 2 hours away. By the time we arrived Julie had lost consciousness and was sedated and put on a ventilator. Another CT scan was done and she had had a second bleed. The next day she had an operation to insert coils into 2 aneurysms, there are still another 3 that are unprotected. Everything else was pretty text book (Vasospasms, Hydrochephylis, etc) Julie also lost sight in both eyes and needed a permanent shunt. She was very confused at first but this has lessened over the last week or so. Julie is still in the hospital and has now had her Catheter removed and is beginning to walk to the bathroom which is very reassuring. At 1 point about a week ago Julie suffered a massive seizure and was put back on HDU. This has now settled and she is back on a ward. The biggest concern now is her sight as this has not improved and she can only see shadows. The eye doctors have said that this may improve overtime and it is early days but it is a great worry as if doesn't this is so life changing. We are now waiting for Julie to be transferred to a local hospital for rehab. This has been the toughest thing the family have ever had to endure especially as Julie is only 45.