Another short update for the evening. The first thing I noticed this evening is that Kirk had 3 IVs and no central line when I arrived. Poor guy has an IV in the top of his foot. So when I got the story I was surprised. The doctors had come in mid-afternoon to pull his central line back about an inch to make sure that wasn't contributing to his heart rate irregularities. Later when the nurses came back to bathe him, the central line was out and laying on the bed. Fortunately that even with the heparin drip he didn't really bleed. They are investigating what happened because Kirk isn't moving so he could not have moved it. He will likely get a new central line tomorrow but they will have to stop the heparin for that time.
He has been off the propofol all day and our next goal is to get off the fentanyl. We may wait until tomorrow but he is really comfortable right now. There is nothing planned for the night so hopefully we will both sleep tonight.
The day nurse just left and it is nearly 9 pm. All of the nurses have been so incredible but today's nurse takes the torch in providing encouraging and touching feedback to me. We are so blessed to be in such caring skilled hands.
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