The poor little man had a rough day today. After he was finally extubated this afternoon, he started to feel nauseous. Then his blood pressure crept up high. Followed by his pain. All three of those things effect each other, so soon it became a snowball that couldn’t stop. He threw up off and on all afternoon so he couldn’t take some of the medication for his blood pressure and pain because they were both oral. They finally gave him zofran (magic drug for nausea). He was able to take his blood pressure medicine but later when they gave him his pain medicine it all came up. And you can imagine the pain and pressure that vomiting puts on your chest. So the afternoon was a little rough. By the time Chris got there, I felt like I was the nurse giving the report at shift change.
There were dozens of doctors who came in and out today examining Ben, giving reports, and discussing options with their colleagues. I heard words and phrases today that I would Google after they left the room. Like “his creatinine is high”, “he is tachycardic.”, “arrhythmia”, “bolus”, and “riding the vent.” I can honestly say I learned a lot today.
By the end of the day I can say that Ben still had a successful day. He is off the vent and more alert. That is still all positive and makes for a good day. I pray that he rests well tonight and gets ready for another busy day of recovery tomorrow.
The Puddles 
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