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What is the longest amount of time you have been hospitalized for a crisis?

please share with us how long you have had to spend in a hospital during a crisis before feeling better

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Permalink Reply by Rotimi on March 25, 2009 at 12:02pm

I once spent 12 days in the hospital, received a total of 16 iv infusions and 2 pints of blood

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Permalink Reply by Osei Anthony on April 3, 2009 at 11:29am

I think 2 weeks. I was young and it was a pretty bad episode, requiring intensive care unit... Still here to tell the tale :)

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Permalink Reply by Neise on April 15, 2009 at 1:16pm

The longest time I've ever spent in the hospital was 3 months. I was in ICU and had to have a Blood Exchange. The normal time for me is 1-2 weeks with IV meds, fluids and blood transfusions.

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Permalink Reply by Ade Dotun on April 15, 2009 at 2:39pm

3 months, how did u survive

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Permalink Reply by B. Jewell on May 4, 2009 at 8:28pm

The longest I have been in for a crisis and complications thereof was 6 weeks or a month and a half. I was also pregnant with my daughter (1st and only child) at the time. It was HORRIBLE.

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Permalink Reply by George Dillard on August 8, 2009 at 11:01am

My wife has Sickle Cell. She is 31. She goes back and forth to the hosp on average every 4 days. We have 2 children.What ways that your husband deals with your sickle cell?

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Permalink Reply by Kemi Thomas on May 25, 2009 at 9:32pm

I thonk it was either when I got pnemonia I don't remember how long though but I also got my gall bladder removed.

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Permalink Reply by Try on June 17, 2009 at 10:13am

The longest I have spent in hospital is 6 days. I have never been admitted for just a crisis alone. I was being treated for malaria with quinine IV . My entire body felt like it had just shut down.

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Permalink Reply by Dave on July 13, 2009 at 10:24pm

i have been in almost 4 months is the max
i have long less frequent visits

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Permalink Reply by Marcus McKinley on August 27, 2009 at 5:56pm

2 weeks approximately 13 days was the max for me. It was probably my worst crisis ever. I literally could not walk, both of my legs were just out. And at the time, I kept getting migraines.

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Permalink Reply by Tracy H. on September 12, 2009 at 10:15pm

My longest time was 5weeks. I was 10yrs old and in a major crisis, then was diagnosed with advanced avascular necrosis of my hip. I also had a fever of unknown origin, so there was ongoing test to rule out meningitis and systemic infections. Once discharged, it was decided that surgery would not be the safest way so I had to wear a hip brace for 8months to rotate my hip back into the proper alignment.