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Chi Cheng of Deftones in coma
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Here's info from Wikipedia:
On April 26, Cheng was readmitted to ICU following a near-fatal septicemia infection[4]; he survived the infection following treatment and was released from ICU about a week later.[5] Following the release, a rumor started to spread in early May that Cheng had awakened from his coma[6] but this was denied on oneloveforchi.com, stating that Cheng is in a minimally-conscious state.[7] On August 18, Cheng underwent surgery to replace a bone flap in his skull that had been removed after the accident, in order to relieve intracranial pressure.[
Here's some more current info cut/paste from the One Love for Chi website:
sleep you can catch up on
Posted by gina
October 7, 2009
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deftones, chi chenghey folks, i know how long overdue this is and i want to apologize for that. please know that myself and mom and the family are so grateful to everyone out there that has never lost thought or forgotten about dai. it is still a strong source of strength helping us get through this in every sense, mentally, emotionally and financially. we could not have done this alone, that is for sure.
dai is doing great being home. i will be honest, we were apprehensive about bringing him home, not because we didnt want him home, but because we are not doctors or nurses and we were not sure if we could take care of him if something happened. but obviously love is a powerful medicine, because it is working. 24 hours a day, he is with his family and being stimulated so much more than he had been in the hospital. little things, like taking him for a walk everyday, even just getting him in a chair for most of the day, to keeping music playing that he wants to hear, movies he wants to watch, doing his physical therapy, giving him new things to taste. i am so happy to be able to say that i can see a difference and improvement. it is still a slow recovery and seeing him when he was in the hospital made it seem even slower to me. but now he spends most of the day awake, noisy as hell. he is expressing himself, which shows me that he is here, right with me. i havent lost him. if there is anything that makes him uncomfortable, he lets us know and the best part is that we are there with him to take care of it. we have the visiting angels on daytime shift now. after the first bill came for 24 hour shifts, i thought it wouldnt be long before i might have to sell a liver or something to keep them on. the girls we have are wonderful and very attentive to dai. mom and i take turns at night with him. we dont get a lot of sleep, not because he is having trouble, but you kinda lie there on high alert, so its not really sleep, but im not complaining. sleep you can catch up on.
dr. nguyen and the staff are taking excellent care of him. i am so grateful to him for taking dai on and being there if we need him. he has had two visits now and at the last one, the dr. said dai seems to be doing much better after only 3 weeks. so a special thanks to him, especially for the news i got yesterday from the office. dai has been accepted to uc davis medical center for an evaluation. this may not seem like a huge deal, but it is. you have to send a request just to be seen. even though dai had been in the hospital for the last 4 months, there was never a time when it was about waking him up or making him better. it was more like tending a garden. going to uc davis will be about what can we do for him. which is what he has needed this whole time. they will call me to make the appointment and i will definitely keep you all updated on that.
his bone flap is healing wonderfully. he had one episode since he got home, one of the first nights, and has not had one since. excuse me while i go look for wood to knock on. we have started cutting back the medications that he was on to treat the episodes, which were necessary, but the downside was that they knocked his ass out. supercoma is what i called it. even just cutting back a little and he was up all day. how was he ever going to wake up if he was sedated all the time?
on a personal note, it is been the best thing to have him and mom living, literally, 36 seconds from my house. i am able to be a mom again and take care of dai without feeling like i had to make a choice between the two. i am still finding the right balance, but things are so much better, no longer a gypsy, having to either miss my babies or my brother.
mom is doing a phenomenal job with dai. she is the one that is there with him, 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week. she is truly an angel on earth and i feel like heaven should just lay itself out before her. i see where dai gets it.
thats about all i can think of right now. thanks for reading and keeping us in your thoughts. it wont be so long next time.
much love and respect,
mae
sleep you can catch up on
Posted by gina
October 7, 2009
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deftones, chi chenghey folks, i know how long overdue this is and i want to apologize for that. please know that myself and mom and the family are so grateful to everyone out there that has never lost thought or forgotten about dai. it is still a strong source of strength helping us get through this in every sense, mentally, emotionally and financially. we could not have done this alone, that is for sure.
dai is doing great being home. i will be honest, we were apprehensive about bringing him home, not because we didnt want him home, but because we are not doctors or nurses and we were not sure if we could take care of him if something happened. but obviously love is a powerful medicine, because it is working. 24 hours a day, he is with his family and being stimulated so much more than he had been in the hospital. little things, like taking him for a walk everyday, even just getting him in a chair for most of the day, to keeping music playing that he wants to hear, movies he wants to watch, doing his physical therapy, giving him new things to taste. i am so happy to be able to say that i can see a difference and improvement. it is still a slow recovery and seeing him when he was in the hospital made it seem even slower to me. but now he spends most of the day awake, noisy as hell. he is expressing himself, which shows me that he is here, right with me. i havent lost him. if there is anything that makes him uncomfortable, he lets us know and the best part is that we are there with him to take care of it. we have the visiting angels on daytime shift now. after the first bill came for 24 hour shifts, i thought it wouldnt be long before i might have to sell a liver or something to keep them on. the girls we have are wonderful and very attentive to dai. mom and i take turns at night with him. we dont get a lot of sleep, not because he is having trouble, but you kinda lie there on high alert, so its not really sleep, but im not complaining. sleep you can catch up on.
dr. nguyen and the staff are taking excellent care of him. i am so grateful to him for taking dai on and being there if we need him. he has had two visits now and at the last one, the dr. said dai seems to be doing much better after only 3 weeks. so a special thanks to him, especially for the news i got yesterday from the office. dai has been accepted to uc davis medical center for an evaluation. this may not seem like a huge deal, but it is. you have to send a request just to be seen. even though dai had been in the hospital for the last 4 months, there was never a time when it was about waking him up or making him better. it was more like tending a garden. going to uc davis will be about what can we do for him. which is what he has needed this whole time. they will call me to make the appointment and i will definitely keep you all updated on that.
his bone flap is healing wonderfully. he had one episode since he got home, one of the first nights, and has not had one since. excuse me while i go look for wood to knock on. we have started cutting back the medications that he was on to treat the episodes, which were necessary, but the downside was that they knocked his ass out. supercoma is what i called it. even just cutting back a little and he was up all day. how was he ever going to wake up if he was sedated all the time?
on a personal note, it is been the best thing to have him and mom living, literally, 36 seconds from my house. i am able to be a mom again and take care of dai without feeling like i had to make a choice between the two. i am still finding the right balance, but things are so much better, no longer a gypsy, having to either miss my babies or my brother.
mom is doing a phenomenal job with dai. she is the one that is there with him, 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week. she is truly an angel on earth and i feel like heaven should just lay itself out before her. i see where dai gets it.
thats about all i can think of right now. thanks for reading and keeping us in your thoughts. it wont be so long next time.
much love and respect,
mae
Prayers are still with him to a safe full-recovery!
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