>So far so good. He hasn't had any more arrhythmias since he was on the
table
>yesterday. They had a balloon in to help the heart but they took that
out a
>while ago. Now they're cutting back on the epinephrine to see if his
heart will
>pick up the BP. It had been normalizing with epi, but now they're
dialing it
>back. Also slowly taking fluid levels down. Had to increase sedation
'cause he
>was stirring and biting his tube, which they also said was good. So
it's baby
>steps, but he's pretty tough.
Sounds very good to me. Nice that the aortic baloon pump
counterpulsation isn't required and
pressors are being tapered. No pressors and extubated would be
wonderful.
Keep the updates coming.
Hoping for the best,
Mike
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