Sam is settled and doing well in the icu. Over the next few days he will stay paralyzed and sedated to allow his heart to settle and to keep his pressures where they need to be. This is not always an easy task, for he is a "lion" as his nurse called him. He has seen so many and much of these medications in the past, it is hard to find the balance of enough and not too much with him. It is always a game of chasing your tail for the first night with him. He looks good, hasn't puffed up yet (he will), and he has pink fingers and toes, and they say that will only get better. His oxygen saturations are 100%!! He has all kinds of lines and tubes, but that is all normal.
Monitor on the left, ventilator on right, behind him and at bottom of bed are pumps running medicine to him.
Chest is closed, stickers on head monitor oxygen to brain, chest tubes drain fluid, blood from chest, tube to drain urine, pacing wires, and central lines.
Not too puffy yet, you will see big change in next day or two, will have a lot of fluid to get rid off.
PINK finger nails! Please excuse the dirt under the pinky :)
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