Hi There, my best friend who is 34 yrs old have a severe asthma attack, quick led to a heart attack and stopped breathing for 13 min before being resuscitated. After being in ICU for 6 days, doctors removed her breathing apparatus at 8pm last night and has been able to breathe independently for 11 hours since. I realize she most likely sustained some brain damage , but do you think she mte be able to continue breathing for long and survive (despite her vegetative state)?
His am sorry about your friends condition the brain damage may because of decreased supply of blood at the time of the attack. And the recovery of this takes time. And as you said, if he is breathing back after extubation, that is a good sign of quick recovery. And the asthma and the damage to the brain has very less relation. Because the asthma is more of a defect in airway, whereas the brain damage is more of the nerve stimulus to take breathing. So we can assure his recovery soon. Happy Recovery.