Everyone - I hope I'll be forgiven by the moderators for posting a non-musical message here - but I'll risk that, since I know that some of you, as members of this very flourishing community would want to know, and may not have seen her post in the HW thread ....

Apparently Amber's husband collapsed ( head injury? ), and was taken into intensive care on Tuesday night. I'm writing this from memory having read her post once, so hope I've got the main details right.

Anyway, please send your thoughts, prayers, or whatever you feel appropriate in the direction of Amber and her family over the next few days.

Thank you !

Maggie

Amber: We're all thinking of you and your family at this terrible time...

Thanks for telling us, Maggie - I hadn't seen the relevant thread.

I'm so sorry to hear this, Amber. Best wishes for your husband's speedy recovery!

(please no more this year....)
Please not Amber's family - she has more than enough on her plate...and her hubby.

I hope your husband have a speedy recovery and I will pray for you.

I'd missed it too. Lots of prayers and hugs Amber, for you all. We'll light a candle for you at Church.

Oh no, that's terrible!

Dear Amber, I wish your husband well and a speedy recovery!

All the best!

Gae

I add my prayers to those of everyone else.

Amber - so sorry to hear about this sad news - I hope your husband recovers soon. We'll remember you both in our prayers.

Jen
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That's awful news, I'm so sorry to hear about it and really hope that he makes a good recovery.

That's terrible.

I hope that he is recovering and please know that we we all be praying along with you for a very speedy recovery.

thats awful

hope he gets better soon

thats terrible - hope he recovers soon!

poor Amber... best wishes to you and your family.

I'm repeating myself from elsewhere, but hoping Amber'll see this soon... my thoughts and prayers are with you all, Amb. We miss you and we're all thinking of you.

Hope your hubby gets well soon, Amber

((((Amber))))

This is so distressing for you. Thinking of you.

Cressida x

Dear Amber,
We are all wishing you husband a speedy recovery

We'll all be here for you Amber, and we wish you all the best

Thinking of you and hoping things get better soon

This must be so difficult for you Amber- we're all thinking of you on the forums, and best wishes from me and my family too.

Poor Amber hubby get well soon hope you make a speedy recovery.

good luck

get well soon..

keep smiling

Poor Amber, not more. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your hubby and family ant this time.

Oh poor you Amber. I hope he gets well soon and i'll be thinking of you and your family through this time.
jess

Dear Amber!
I can only add my prayers and wishes for a speedy recovery!
I hope things get better soon; you've had too much happen lately!
*hands her a big bowl full of luck and health*
Charlotte

Oh poor Amber, you've had more than enough to put up with already. We're all thinking about you and praying for your husband's speedy recovery.

Love and best wishes,

Stephen x

sorry to hear it Amber, hope everything gets sorted soon

I'm really sorry to hear your news, Amber-I hope your husband is much better soon, and all the best to you and your family in a very difficult time.

will keep you and your family in prayers......hope your husband will get better soon....(some music may be useful here)

Amber, we're all thinking of you and your family. I hope your husband will soon be out of intensive care and on the road to recovery - be brave - love from us all.

Rosemary. x

play Le Onde to him

Thoughts and prayers with your hubby, Amber
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Dear Amber

I am so sorry to hear the news of your husband. I really hope he'll pull through OK and that you will find the strength to support him and yourself through this awful time for you all.

My prayers for you both and, especially, for his recovery.

Oh no! Amber, wishing you and the rest of your family all the best it this most difficult time. My thoughts and prayers are with!

Jen
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Lots of love, Amber, thinking of you... ((((((((((hug)))))))))) xx

Thinking of you too, Amber. I have prayed for your husband. May he have a speedy recovery.

QUOTE (maggiemay @ Jan 20 2005, 11:47 AM)

Apparently Amber's husband collapsed ( head injury? ), and was taken into intensive care on Tuesday night.  I'm writing this from memory having read her post once, so hope I've got the main details right.

That's really shocking news. I hope he recovers soon Amber.

I'm sorry to hear that Amber. I hope and hope and hope and pray that he gets better soon.
Lots of love, hugs and kisses and a bucketful of hope.

I'll add some more health and happiness (hopefully soon), as well as luck and lots of support to the bucket!

I'm so sorry to hear this Amber - I'm thinking of you all.

Amber, I'm so sorry. Best wishes for your husband's speedy recovery.

Has anyone got an update as to how Amber's husband is now?

Amber, I'm so sorry to hear that, I'll be thinking of you both and praying for a speedy recovery.

praying for you , your hubby and all concerned Amber.x

QUOTE (jo.clarinet @ Jan 21 2005, 08:11 PM)

Has anyone got an update as to how Amber's husband is now?

Nope.

So please, (forum members) PM the moderators to ask for this thread kept open beyond monday - plead if you have to. Amber made so many friends here... IF she returns, if she can return... she'll find her "community" gone as if some tidal wave has hit it.

Like mine, Ambers PM area only takes 50 messages. That's hardly enough.
If this thread is closed and if I hear anything, I'll pass it on to a few by PM and hope they can continue the chain. I truly hope the next message is from Amber herself. I don't know...I just hope...she's a wonderful person and really doesn't deserve to be caught in recent events.
She deserves none of what's happened.
Have to go - this makes me so very sad.

Amber

We have never corresponded on here,but my thoughts are with you and your family and hope your husband recovers very quickly. ((hugs)))

Rhapsodin...Sorry I replied and not Amber,but I will PM now.I`m sure this thread will not be closed.

Just copied the messages up to here. (22.1.05 // 21.30)

No word yet...?

I feel confident that they will let this thread run......................

We are all concerned for Amber and wish her husband a safe recovery.

We can't all rely on PMs if the thread gets closed - we all need to be able to read posts and respond in an open window.

Ms Morris?

Hi Amber

{{{{Amber}}}}
We have not exchanged much on these boards but my heart is with you.
I have laughed at your messages, felt some sadness. You came across as so fond. I pray that all is improving.

love,
Veronique

Hello Everyone,

I cannot begin to tell you how touched I am by this thread. Thank you Maggie for starting it, and thank you to everyone who has replied. Because of the franticness of my life at the moment I have had to read the messages very quickly, but I'm hoping that I can copy the whole thread and print it off, so that I can go back through them slowly when time allows. Rhapsodin, is it possible for you to copy them then email them to me? I don't know much about technical stuff, but if this is a possibility I would be really grateful.

This has been a rollercoaster of huge proportions. At the moment David is at home, safely tucked into bed upstairs. To go from being told at 3am on Wednesday morning that he probably wouldn't make a full recovery, and that there was a chance that he would die from his injury, to being allowed to bring him home four days later seems an impossibility. It is as though the whole thing has been a huge nightmare.

I spoke to his consultant yesterday, who was prepared to release him into my care because David really wanted to leave hospital. Obviously if there is any sign of relapse I will rush him back into our local hospital though.

David collapsed on the pavement in London SE1 and injured his head badly. The CT scan showed that he had a Subdural Hematoma and Subarachnoid Hemorrage. Due to the prompt action of a passer by who saw him fall and called 999, he received the medical attention he needed which probably saved his life, or prevented him from suffering brain damage. He regained consciousness about ten hours later, and recalls nothing of the event or what led up to it. I am hoping that I can get hold of the passer by's name and address that I may write and thank them, but I don't know if this is possible.

The consultant believes that the damage was caused by David's fall, and not by an Aneurism, which is a relief. However David did suffer a "funny turn" a couple of weeks ago, which led his GP and I to suspect that this may have been a Bery Aneurism preceeding the collapse on Tuesday evening. But apparently not.

David's signs are all within reasonable levels, although I will continue to monitor temperature and heart rate and general awareness levels. It's a bit scary because I'm not a trained nurse or anything, but he so wanted to leave the ward. He was very sleep deprived there because of Jack in the bed next to him. Jack was such a sweetiepops, but had quite advanced dementia so he was up and down the whole time. At one point David woke because Jack was tucking his feet in! I had to keep going and retrieving him from pulling out other people's drips etc whilst I was visiting. All and all not very restful for David.

David is on anti-convulsants now because with a head injury like this there is a risk of epilepsy developing apparently. We have to inform the DVLA who will impose a driving ban on him until such time as he is considered safe. He is not amused by this at all. I think it's part of the body's way of protecting itself from the shock of a near-death experience, but he hasn't taken in the enormity of what has happened to him. He is really disappointed that he can't go on his skiing trip with "the boys" next Thursday! His description of what happened to him is that he fell over and bumped his head. His headaches are still quite bad, and don't seem to be relieved by painkillers.

David's parents came up from Devon and have been helping hold the fort at home, which has been an enormous help. All the family and our friends have been so worried though, and I had no idea of the extent of the phone calls that are needed at a time like this. Luckily I have a mobile, so have been using the two and a half hour journey to make phone calls to keep people updated. This has certainly got me over my nervousness of driving in London, and I have been using David's work car which has satellite navigation. I would never have found Kings College Hospital otherwise, I still can't exactly describe where it is!

I think that's all the information. I have a lot of phone calls to make today, as well as nursing David, seeing to a mountain of washing, and I really ought to make a roast dinner for David's parents - they have been so marvellous. I have to phone his boss in Germany who called yesterday. I am very sleep deprived though, as well as being fatigued anyway from this autoimmune disorder thingy I've got, but adrenaline is getting me though it. I kept waking last night and needing to check that David was still alive because, for once, he wasn't snoring. Daft sod aren't I! Every now and again I can feel the tears welling, but for the time being I just need to keep going and get everything done. But I can't believe how lucky I am to have him home, alive, and at the moment looking as though he will recover. The blood inside his head will take three weeks or so to dissipate apparently, but as each day passes the risk of complications developing reduces.

Thank you again for your love and concern. If I can print off a copy I can show David your messages too, which will be nice for him.

Love and hugs

Amber
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