They said it would be like a roller coaster ride after the transplant which we knew from 13 1/2yrs of hospital stays with our angel Kelsey. You never forget, but you do get a little desensitized after a period of time. Well that roller coaster came and smacked us right in the face this afternoon.
Karen went off of the ventilator today again, in the attempt for her to start breathing on her own. After a few minutes she became very agitated and nervous, but she kept plugging away keeping her numbers where they needed to be. At about two hours of breathing on her own, I felt her pulse where I was holding her hand start to elevate. I looked up at the monitor and saw her pulse rate climbing rather fast. Karen didn't look bad, but I buzzed the nursing station to have them check it out. Nobody answered. I rechecked her pulse rate and it had suddenly climbed up to 190 so I buzzed them again. They rushed into the room and I told them that the machine is going haywire or Karen is in a little trouble. Her pulse went up to 210 and more nurses and doctors rushed into the room with a crash cart. They were giving her different medicines and hooked her up to an EKG. The doctor called her situation A Flutter. So it got very crazy and quite a bit scary, especially when they brought the crash cart in the room. It was a little hairy for a while. The female doctor was fantastic during the whole episode. They were all set to move Karen to the ICU when her heart beat went back into sinus rhythm so the tension in the room eased up quite a bit rather quickly. So Karen's condition was back to normal and out of any danger. I think this experience will now change their attitudes a little about how fast they push from here out. I'm looking forward to see the main doctor's face tomorrow morning and wait to hear him say "Maybe I was pushing Karen a little too fast. Well, more years and more hair just vanished from my body. Again thank you everyone for all of your love and support.
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