At the age of 18, Aida Attar suffered a seizure while swimming in a lake and was unresponsive when she was pulled from the water.
and then she was transferred to the Heart Institute through the tunnels of the hospital. She was placed on the ECMO machine, and the wait began.“She actually exceeded our expectations in terms of how fast she would get better.” – Dr. Erin RosenbergThe first glimmer of hope was when Aida was removed from the ECMO machine and returned to the ICU at the Civic Campus – it was early October. She remained in critical condition.
I had no muscle tone. I couldn’t sit up on my own. I couldn’t walk. I don’t even remember being able to move my arms to scratch myself because I was so weak.”Article contentFinally, Aida was able to move out of ICU and into what’s called AMA for about a week. There, she had the tracheotomy tube, catheter, and feeding tube removed – she was able to start eating on her own again.
. But because she had an anoxic brain injury, caused by a complete lack of oxygen to the brain while she was underwater, a big part of rehab was focused on treating her brain injury. “My memory was just shot — I couldn’t remember anything short-term,” says Aida. “My speech was mixed up. My brain was not braining, and it needed some help.”Article contentIncredibly, after everything Aida went through, on December 8, 2022, she was able to go home.
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