Guest Writer
July 22, 2018
Notes from Messenger.
1:16 a.m. BF wrote: Dana is good. The doctor ordered her back on the vasopressor. The nurses changed the bedding, washed her and moved her position and her blood pressure dropped down to the 60s but she improved. She is super tired and looks comfy.
6:17 a.m. I wrote: I called ICU and talked to her night nurse. Dana was all right through the night. She is off the dopamine and her blood pressure is okay. She is moving her arms as much as she can in the restraints. She is responding to her name. She has a low fever so she was given Tylenol and seems okay.
8:49 a.m. I wrote: Dana responded appropriately to commands for the first time in two days.
7:57 p.m. BF wrote: The third day culture for sepsis is negative. It is now gone! There are two spots of pneumonia. One is improving; one is staying the same but not worse. They are re-positioning her in the bed.
I wrote: Make sure her restraints are still on!
BF sent photo of her hands in restraints.
Every morning for four weeks I would call the ICU department and ask to speak to Dana’s night nurse for a report on how Dana’s night went. I wrote: The nurse said Dana had a good night, she is still responding, she got some sleep. They gave her pain meds for her discomfort. Her temperature is okay, BP and oxygen are good, still has good urine output. But still no bowel sounds. Still has edema in hands and legs. They washed her without her stats dropping.
