Hi everyone, I'm Eve from Nottingham. My partner suffered a SAH on 2 May 2013 and is currently being cared for brilliantly by the wonderful staff at the QMC NSPU ward. It's been a tough 8 days and a real rollercoaster of emotions so far.
He was very lucky and had surgery within hours of his collapse, and I can't describe in words the relief I felt when I was finally allowed to see him and he was smiling and chatting and seemed ok. Since then he's not got "worse", but he is definitely taking a long time to recover enough for them to feel comfortable to move him to a less dependant ward (originally they said he could be home by today).
Each day I go and visit he is incredibly tired and constantly feels sick. The nausea means he isn't really eating, although the carers are trying to encourage him to eat and he is still on a drip for fluids. I'm hopeful that over the next few days he will start to feel well enough to eat and sit up and maybe even get out of bed. I know I need to be patient and that recovery can take as little or as long as it takes, but I'm finding it quite exhausting trying to stay positive all the time. Bless all of you other carers / support / family / friends who have been doing this for much longer, it's really hard.
I'm so grateful to have found this site, it's helped me understand more about the condition and potential hurdles he will have to overcome on his road to recovery. Thanks for reading and I'm looking forward to chatting with you all!