When I had the trachea in, I always thought that was the only reason I couldn’t talk (the air escaping). Again my lack of knowledge worked to my advantage…I was oblivious🤷🏻♀️. I allowed myself to use the images above, of some stroke survivors I know. This campaign #StillMe is very close to my heart. AllContinue reading “The day I was told I’ll probably never speak again…😶😧”
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Admission to Neurology ward
November 2015 The next (new) chapter on my journey to recovery… I was being moved from ICU o the Neurology ward and suddenly my excitement was gone. I was crying 😢, when the nurses kissed and hugged me goodbye, not because I was upset, but because I was terrified of the unknown😰. The only thingContinue reading “Admission to Neurology ward”
🍧🇮🇪Jelly dessert/🇵🇱Kisiel🍧
October 2015 The main doctor from neurology ward at the same hospital was sent to assess me👨🏼⚕️. A very nice older doctor, a positively charged man 👍👌. First doctor I actually liked 🤷🏻♀️. Still couldn’t talk, so I just listened…again! 👀😶😩 He was sent to assess me, because my body started showing some signs ofContinue reading “🍧🇮🇪Jelly dessert/🇵🇱Kisiel🍧”
Hallucinating
October 2015 I think it was my first night in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), when I was hallucinating. I now know that I had morphine pumped into my bloodstream, so most likely this drug made me hallucinate… It’s a funny story, but in the end it was really scary, when I actually thought IContinue reading “Hallucinating”
My Dad, My Best Friend, My Hero…👨👧❤️
Today is my Dad’s 50th, so I would like to dedicate this post to him. Happy Birthday Dad 🎂🥳🥂🎈! He is a Polish man born on Paddy’s Day-the irony 😂, even in the Guinness storehouse there’s a quote that says you’re only 100% Irish if you were born on March 17th 🤷🏻♀️☘️🇮🇪? By the wayContinue reading “My Dad, My Best Friend, My Hero…👨👧❤️”
My typical day in Intensive Care Unit
October 2015 4 years ago this was my routine as locked-in ICU patient: Morning: Every morning very early around 5-6am, a nurse would come to collect my blood samples. I had a central line in my neck and hand (until today I have souvenirs where they were-I call them my War scars😝🙉👊💪 and I actuallyContinue reading “My typical day in Intensive Care Unit”
It was a brain stem stroke! 😱🧠
Brain scans revealed I suffered a brain stem stroke and I was immediately placed in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). I can only remember briefly opening my eyes and seeing a lot of nurses and doctors standing over me. My memory about the first few days in ICU isn’t that great. I think I was on soContinue reading “It was a brain stem stroke! 😱🧠”
When I opened my eyes…👀
I opened my eyes, realising I’m in a hospital bed. It was a small room with white walls and me in the middle. Mr P was by my bedside and just as my gaze met his ”Klaudia if you can hear me and understand what I’m saying look towards the door”. I’m thinking that’s easy,Continue reading “When I opened my eyes…👀”
When it all began…
🏐 September 2015 🏐 👉🏼🚑 🏥 One evening in volleyball training we were practicing a drill which we had always done in a sport that I have always loved. Within a few minutes I landed on the ground feeling very different. I had to come off the court, and as I was walking towards theContinue reading “When it all began…”
Klaudia’s journey to recovery from Locked-in syndrome (LIS) 