(written on 3/29)
This afternoon Raul was again unable to manage a nosebleed, and ended up intubated during a code. Thankfully this time no CPR was necessary, and he actually did start taking breaths on his own pretty quickly once they started bagging him (before intubation).
This afternoon Raul was again unable to manage a nosebleed, and ended up intubated during a code. Thankfully this time no CPR was necessary, and he actually did start taking breaths on his own pretty quickly once they started bagging him (before intubation).
He had a couple small nosebleeds in the past week, and he was actually
still getting a medicine to help his clotting, but this one must have
been worse. It was strange, as no blood came out the front of his nose
even when we sat him up, it all went down the back. We only knew it was
happening as we started to see some blood draining from his g-tube.
Thankfully both his nurse and the hospitalist were in the room with us
at the time the code needed to be called!
We will get his final HLH marker for the week back tomorrow, but at
this point I think everyone would be shocked if it had not gone up. We
did increase his steroid dose today to hopefully help with some of his
symptoms (he has been having fairly constant fevers, and we have been
having trouble with his BP during dialysis). Our goal is to get him
home, as it has always been, so that is the next step!
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