MEDICINE IS IN

OK so sometimes you just take the bull by the horns . . . after all of the events this morning, our critical care doctor decided to just go for it and try to get Tom to swallow some of the medicine.  So his nurse got the medicine together and gave it to him while I yelled "swallow" until Tom swallowed it.  He did so good!  I think everyone in the CCU swallowed too.  Unfortunately it was just the first dose.  Before you ask . . . no, I don't know how many doses he needs but I will find out when I go back in again.  They are also giving him a couple of units of blood to "fill his tank" from the blood loss after the third NG tube.  He's getting more vitamin K too.  Please pray that Tom will continue to be able to swallow the medicine and that it absorbs the ammonia.