Recovery
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I'd like to report that all went smoothly but....
The surgery went well, just as planned it was the recovery that was rocky. Tom received steroids before surgery. He was doing fine until he had trouble in recovery. His stats were awful. His blood pressure plummeted and had difficulty breathing. This went on for hours. I reminded them that he would probably need more steroids, they had it charted to give him a shot before leaving the hospital but I told them he needed them now... not later. After what felt like a lifetime, about 5 hrs he was able to keep O2 stats above 90% and his blood pressure stabilized.
A week later he is back to work and doing well. It is now all behind us and it's onward and upward.
The surgery went well, just as planned it was the recovery that was rocky. Tom received steroids before surgery. He was doing fine until he had trouble in recovery. His stats were awful. His blood pressure plummeted and had difficulty breathing. This went on for hours. I reminded them that he would probably need more steroids, they had it charted to give him a shot before leaving the hospital but I told them he needed them now... not later. After what felt like a lifetime, about 5 hrs he was able to keep O2 stats above 90% and his blood pressure stabilized.
A week later he is back to work and doing well. It is now all behind us and it's onward and upward.
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