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• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 61-70 >> Interview 27 >> Although doctors thought her husband wouldn't be able to do much for himself any more, he gradually started recognising people and responding to conve

Her husband had cardiac arrest and was admitted to ICU. She is his full-time carer and worries about leaving him on his own because of his memory.

• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview 07 >> One of the nurses took her son outside when he was in HDU and having so much more to look at helped him become more alert and aware.

Their son was admitted to ICU in 2005 with bacterial meningitis. It was a traumatic time but he is now back home and has made excellent progress.

• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview 04 >> She was extremely disappointed in two doctors who wouldn't believe her when she said her son had shown signs of awareness, and felt it was too soon to

In October 2004, her son had a motorbike accident and was admitted to ICU. He had a serious head injury and broken jaw.

• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview 04 >> She felt it was too soon to tell whether her son would be brain damaged after an accident and she didn't want doctors to try and predict the outcome w

In October 2004, her son had a motorbike accident and was admitted to ICU. He had a serious head injury and broken jaw.

• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview 07 >> They felt the nurses were brilliant apart from a few, including one who told them their son was responding when he wasn't and another who didn't take

Their son was admitted to ICU in 2005 with bacterial meningitis. It was a traumatic time but he is now back home and has made excellent progress.