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I was discharged from Waikato Hospital not long after this treatment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc907ebae24ef5336be0413/1577088414693-A22XJB488KT7NK7K646X/20190531_200314.jpg Near death - Waikato Hospital PLEX didn’t have the results we had all hoped for. By the second Waikato admission, eye had to be taped shut, no smile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc907ebae24ef5336be0413/1577426923529-VYKC1ZXPK9Z6CBJWY6QW/80784558_2471048486494870_8145206576928522240_n.jpg Near death - Waikato Hospital This was the day before the first ICU visit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc907ebae24ef5336be0413/1577426922625-YTKNQY7TXL2W76LW9VHT/80873749_489956811725816_6308254098130993152_n.jpg Near death https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc907ebae24ef5336be0413/1577426919291-3YWAN5YEUJZG9KF1T1ZN/80901641_445798339662310_1430704291206660096_n.jpg Near death - Waikato Hospital We found pyridostigmine helped with the MG. 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I would just sit on the couch watching our moko and Pepe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc907ebae24ef5336be0413/1577266971662-G0QYLR34F0YIGTGUKPBN/tube.jpg Near death - Gastro Tube Gastro tube inserted, this was taken the day before the second ICU time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc907ebae24ef5336be0413/1577266977834-Y12J0AB020BF0C8EDWXL/79883931_872524119816575_4878709048662294528_n%2B%25281%2529.jpg Near death - ICU I could move my hands (most of the time) and would communicate by writing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc907ebae24ef5336be0413/1577426913554-JQ6PPQQK7HXJP2EU0PJC/80302703_453907685284339_8569054041554812928_n.jpg Near death - Writing Writing was my only way of communicating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc907ebae24ef5336be0413/1577006832794-MZXST5Z3DZ7QIOQZEH3E/20190721_102502.jpg Near death - ICU My beautiful husband Vernon was with me ALL the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc907ebae24ef5336be0413/1577086095273-YRQGCC6W4VFJINNR81XR/81123048_3587292261288430_1176228977862246400_n.jpg Near death - ICU We didn’t want Pepe to see me with all the tubes so she never came into ICU apart from once, when dad brought her in while asleep so I could touch her. Terrible decision, made me soooo sad! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc907ebae24ef5336be0413/1577086096153-XHSYGF851H4D380NO5FV/80274612_2198521063787162_2900100611343122432_n.jpg Near death - Waikato Hospital Every day Pepe would go to the cafe and tell everyone these wales were mama and Pepe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc907ebae24ef5336be0413/1577426916322-G2TLV4O9TAD05USLER0N/80861297_604015803734865_3407480688750886912_n.jpg Near death - Letter I wrote this letter to an ICU doctor. 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