Miners Trapped In WV Coal Mine

[indigomood]

Doctors in Morgantown said McCloy's heart and liver functions have steadily gotten better over the past several days. And they said he's been breathing on his own without a ventilator for more than 48 hours.

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[concernedperson]

Doctors in Morgantown said McCloy's heart and liver functions have steadily gotten better over the past several days. And they said he's been breathing on his own without a ventilator for more than 48 hours.

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I so hope he recovers 100%. It is like the other miners are wishing and hoping too.

 

[indigomood]

I so hope he recovers 100%. It is like the other miners are wishing and hoping too.

me too! :blowkiss:

 

[concernedperson]

me too! :blowkiss:

It makes me cry. Does it do that to you? I want so much for his recovery. Little victories all over is the best we can do.

 

[indigomood]

It makes me cry. Does it do that to you? I want so much for his recovery. Little victories all over is the best we can do.

It does sadden me for not only the survivor and what he endured and must still overcome, but for all those that were lost. My biggest regret would be that the surviving miner "survived" but does not really "live" (disabilities etc). If his quality of life is so bad then he may wish he hadn't survived, not to mention the survivor's guilt etc. It is all very complex, but I pray fervently for a complete and miraculous recovery for this young man...

 

[Buzz Mills]

Doctors in Morgantown said McCloy's heart and liver functions have steadily gotten better over the past several days. And they said he's been breathing on his own without a ventilator for more than 48 hours.

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That's really good news!!

 

[close_enough]

Doctors in Morgantown said McCloy's heart and liver functions have steadily gotten better over the past several days. And they said he's been breathing on his own without a ventilator for more than 48 hours.

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glad to read this...

 

[scandi]

Thanks for the updates. I get so worried when I hear no updates on our normal shows, so am thankful to see he is doing well. The fact his brain acts as a normal person's does when sleeping sounds most encouraging. He just needs that measure of time to wake up I think.

I think he is talked to all of the time, and hope he is told how many people are right there beside him, pulling for his recovery. I read somewhere that people in a coma can still hear, so maybe he will be encouraged by knowing this.

Scandi

 

[T'sNana]

I wish they would update (the news, that is) on how he is doing...even if it is the same. I just want to know! He has such a long road of recovery ahead of him and I just hope he aces through it and surprises the heck out of all of us. I can't imagine what psychological issues he is facing and will face from the trauma of going through what he did physically as well as watching his fellow workers/friends dying around him...how utterly horrific that is. I think about him everyday and say a little prayer for him and his family as well as the families of those lost. Such a tragedy.

 

[scandi]

Hi T'isNana,

I actually heard an update on our local news last night. He is still in intensive care, but his condition is serious now. That is good, simply serious, not critical!

Scandi

 

[T'sNana]

Maybe I wasn't paying attention enough or long enough, but I did catch that he was in serious condition now as opposed to critical. Thanks for confirming that.

Hi T'isNana,

I actually heard an update on our local news last night. He is still in intensive care, but his condition is serious now. That is good, simply serious, not critical!

Scandi

 

[housemaid25]

Handwritten notes left from memorial of miners sunday.

http://www.wchstv.com/newsroom/wv/news12.shtml

 

[housemaid25]

http://www.wchstv.com/newsroom/wv/news1.shtml


Randal McCloy moved from intensive care unit.

 

[indigomood]

Doctor: Sago Mine survivor McCloy appears to be coming out of coma

"With great hope we announce that Randy McCloy is awakening from his coma," said Dr. Julian Bailes, a neurosurgeon at West Virginia University's Ruby Memorial Hospital.

He said McCloy moves his arms and legs, and he opens his eyes when doctors call his name.

http://www.dailypress.com/news/loca...18,0,5719173.story?coll=dp-headlines-virginia

 

[Linda7NJ]

He may just shock us all and be very close to whole! I sure hope so!

"he has purposeful movement"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ember]

Wonderful, wonderful news!

I so hope he fully recovers! After what he's been thorugh, he deserves to live a full, normal life. I can't wait until he can tell us some of what went on while they were waiting to be rescued. He is the lone voice for the lost miners. I'm sure the families have many questions he may be able to answer. He will be the angel that delivers untold messages from the other side. I know there is a reason he survived.

The elation his famliy must feel...and the guilt...

It's so amazing, the journey of life. I thought about the strange twists it can take when I heard about the one miner who left his note on an insurance form. The day before, that paper was probably just an ordinary paper lying around the house somewhere taking up space on his "catch all". Now it is a treasured peice of the man.

After we found out that some miners left notes in their lunchboxes, my husband said he will never think of his lunchbox the same anymore...
That thought just made me cry. So many little things we take for granted...

 

[Buzz Mills]

Doctor: Sago Mine survivor McCloy appears to be coming out of coma

"With great hope we announce that Randy McCloy is awakening from his coma," said Dr. Julian Bailes, a neurosurgeon at West Virginia University's Ruby Memorial Hospital.

He said McCloy moves his arms and legs, and he opens his eyes when doctors call his name.

http://www.dailypress.com/news/loca...18,0,5719173.story?coll=dp-headlines-virginia

This is great news, and now let's all hope and pray that he keeps on coming. Go Randy!!

 

[Marthatex]

That's just the greatest. Sure hope he keeps on getting better.

 

[Sassygerl]

"It has been only within the past several days that he has opened his eyes -- at first only when he was stimulated ... but now it's spontaneous," Bailes said.

"Now if you call his name, he will do it. He will track family members and they believe that he has some level of connectivity with them."

"If you put a piece of ice in his mouth he will take it and move it around with his tongue and swallow it and chew it and swallow it," he said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/18/miner/index.html

This is such great news that he seems to be coming around!

 

[Buzz Mills]

McCloy is believed to have suffered brain damage from lack of oxygen, but the extent of the damage is not yet known.

Because of the amount of time he spent in the mine before being rescued, "we are in many ways in uncharted territory with predicting his recovery," said Bailes, a neurosurgeon. "Many people with severe carbon monoxide poisoning end up with severe cognitive, personality, memory, visual and motor responses. We just don't know."

McCloy has been unconscious since he was pulled from the mine more than 41 hours after the Jan. 2 explosion that led to the deaths of 12 other miners. Officials have said one miner was apparently killed by the blast itself, and the others were asphyxiated.

McCloy was moved out of intensive care Tuesday but remains on dialysis because of kidney damage.