1345 - Due to Lee maintaining a rapid heartbeat for the last several hours, Dr. Eddin (cardiologist) performed a Cardioversion on Lee. It worked, and Lee's HR is now in the low 100's. Gregg said it was hanging around 140 bpm prior to the procedure, and bounced around a lot since late yesterday afternoon.
ON a side note: Dr. Eddin is the guy whose name on the board has a heart next to it. Because he is the young handsome guy on the block, we all thought one of the nurses drew a heart next to his name to show her affection. When we asked for his name, he pointed to the heart, and I started laughing. When I told him what we thought, he started laughing...and I think some of the nurses were blushing.
From Wiki:
Cardioversion is a medical procedure by which an abnormally fast heart rate (tachycardia) or cardiac arrhythmia is converted to a normal rhythm using electricity or drugs. Synchronized electrical cardioversion uses a therapeutic dose of electric current to the heart at a specific moment in the cardiac cycle.
Numbers Game:
Vent 35%, peeps 5%
HR 105 & steady
BP 128/49 MAP 75
SpO2 100%
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Eternal Vigilance
שבח יהוה
שבח יהוה
I have been posting these updates on my Facebook wall as they come.
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Did he move to the hospital in love? No update today.
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