Posted by ed.basham on January 11th, 2008
Stephanie is in the CC-ICU and sleep is coming in 2 to 4 hour intervals. She has yet to get real sleep and truly rest. Low blood pressure & low xygen levels plus the morphine and other meds have made her mind quite fuzzy. These things are playing dirty tricks with her mind. In her confused state she was taking off her high frequency oxygen and non rebreather mask dropping her oxygen level into the 50’s and adding even more problems.
By 2:00 AM the staff were ready to restrain her for her safety. She was growing more agitated, threatening to sue the hospital and caregivers for cutting up her IV and oxygen tubes into little short pieces. This was as real to her as you could imagine. They called us and we arrived shortly thereafter and reassured her everything was ok. By the time we arrived her caregivers had giving Steph her laptop, her ultimate adult pacifier and she was a bit calmer.
This entry was posted on Friday, January 11th, 2008 at 11:06 pm and is filed under Updates.
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