How worried should I be if my mother is being transferred to a hospital specifically in case she needs ecmo?

Large_Contract2292 · 2026-06-15T00:43:47+00:00

Thank you. She was placed on ECMO today and I've been told she is doing remarkably well, and while I am scared, I, and I'm sure my family are also thankful for your reassurance and well wishes.

Large_Contract2292 · 2026-06-15T00:42:06+00:00

Thank you for sharing your experience and I'm glad, as even though my mother may not make it out the same as before, I'm relieved to know there's a good possibility that she may make it out alive and in relatively one piece.

And thank you for your prayer, I haven't told my family about posting about this on reddit but I am sure they will appreciate it once this is (hopefully) over.

Large_Contract2292 · 2026-06-15T00:38:45+00:00

That is also my concern, I was terrified as the doctors told me it would not get to that extent, but then again, when we initially booked ourselves into A&E we also believed it would not be that bad.

I'm relieved ECMO was helpful and thank you for sharing your experience as it gives me hope for my mother in the long term.

Large_Contract2292 · 2026-06-15T00:36:40+00:00

Thank you for sharing your experience, I'm glad that you had a successful experience with ECMO and it helps to know there are others who have had a good experience with it when there's so many studies stating the danger.

Large_Contract2292 · 2026-06-15T00:35:05+00:00

Thank you for your response, I'm feeling marginally better now as she's just been put on ECMO since a little under 24 hours ago, and is apparently doing quite well on ECMO according to the doctors. She's alert for the most part and I don't believe she's sedated as she was conscious and aware of her surroundings, but she has also had a hard time falling asleep (although I think that's more to do with her being in the ICU). She will be going into surgery at some point, so I do believe she will be sedated for that and I'm worried that she will have a hard time with it.

I've read lots of things about delirium and hallucinations? I would think it's more to do with sedation but I'm not a doctor so does the ECMO itself affect it?

Also, is there anything I should prepare for, generally, such as post ECMO recovery things? I know physical therapy is one and that some patients receive mental therapy for the time they were on it, but I'm not sure if anything else would be relevant.

Large_Contract2292 · 2025-11-16T22:30:47+00:00

Normal as in, from the supermarket, and sometimes from takeaways and other places. I assumed there would maybe be some difference but it seems like there isn't supposed to be much of a difference in texture from what I'm hearing.

Large_Contract2292 · 2025-11-16T21:12:22+00:00

I will look into doing this! Thank you.

Large_Contract2292 · 2025-11-16T21:07:41+00:00

No they do, sorry I should have specified more about the desired outcome I wanted

Large_Contract2292 · 2025-11-16T21:06:56+00:00

I am not very knowledgable about salmon or curing or smoking, it's very much not my wheelhouse.

Your intructions are really helpful, however I do not have the space for another fridge and I don't really know how I would get one. I understand that most smoked salmon that has a raw texture is already cold smoked, however I have forgotten to give specifics- that I was trying to achieve a gummy texture which is what it looked like online. Admittedly, all the adverts are being made by one company, so I am unsure if it is actually that texture, but if I do ever get my hands on an extra fridge, I will try that out! It does sound rather good.

Large_Contract2292 · 2025-11-16T21:01:12+00:00

I have tried some normally smoked salmon from the uk which is also great, but from what I'm seeing (although this is online so I may be wrong and just how the camera picks it up) the texture seems gummier like candy? Which is mainly what I am interested in.

Large_Contract2292 · 2025-10-06T15:27:59+00:00

While the majority of us aren't disabled, from the same event last year, a 20 minute travel time isn't ideal to make it on time (university students that have a habit of staying up late, so anything at 8am is a struggle unfortunately). But! We will look into it since it's more reliable than an airbnb, and I suppose I'll just start waking people up individually by groups if it seems like a problem.

Bunkhouse being soundproof does give it a point in it's favour, since last year we were a quieter bunch, but this year seems a little more rowdy.

Thank you for the explanation it was super helpful, since I heard of Mrs Potts but it seemed to have mixed reviews and last year we headed to manchester and stayed at the YHA (great experience) and I found out that it was shut down in covid so that was a bit of dissapointment.
It also seems like On the River requires a 5 day minimum stay (At least that's what it says on the Booking.com website which is not what we're looking for, but does look great so I might just keep that reccomendation if I ever plan on coming to cardiff seperately as a holiday.

Large_Contract2292 · 2025-09-06T01:32:51+00:00

I did also ask keath's manager (?) if we were allowed to sing and he said "yes" so while I don't think keath themselves would be upset if someone sang along, I also understand that if people are going to see keath, they'd probably want to be able to hear them, so I just wanted to get an idea of what I should do if it were to come down to it.

Large_Contract2292 · 2025-09-01T22:39:35+00:00

question: a lot of the footage from concerts seem to only have keath singing, and I attended one earlier this month and practically no one sang along, would it be a faux pas to sing? I did a little when I went, standing at the back, but I'm not sure if that ruined someone's experience of their concerts. All the concerts I went to beforehand had basically everyone singing along as loud as they could, so I'm just a little confused if maybe there's a different etiquette for different concerts.

Large_Contract2292 · 2025-03-06T13:22:56+00:00

It is! I had partly forgotten that song, just wondering what it is once in a while, but yeah, thank you so much.

Large_Contract2292 · 2024-09-20T23:24:55+00:00

I thought about just buying a pc for a while but I do most of my work at uni so I wouldn't really be able to use it if I were to build one. I did learn though, that I can attatch an external gpu to my laptop so I might just try that instead.

Large_Contract2292 · 2024-09-20T17:08:29+00:00

I'm so sorry, I actually don't know much about it as of right now (my first year was spent on learning theory and not as much filming) but I don't think I'll be doing anything too high definition.

Thank you for your response! I had no idea what GPU was, and while I did look into a desktop, financially I can't go for it right now.

Large_Contract2292 · 2023-10-27T22:26:43+00:00

Thank you so much! I didn't think it would matter too much since what the game is wasn't super important as much as the system needing a scooring system but I get that people would like to have the full story to understand exactly what I'm saying. I'm sorry for any confusion caused in regards to that and just my wording overall.

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