Tom got out of ICU last night but was back in 4 hours later. His heart rate jumped up and they couldn't get it back down. He complained constantly about a burning in his chest before he ever left ICU. He said he didn't know if he was having a heart attack but it felt like one. Everyone thought it was heartburn. They had him on the telemetry so I assured him before I left that if anything went wrong with his heart they would know it right away.
I talked to his nurse this morning. They have given him some medicine to help get his heart rate down but it is still around 130. They could give him another medicine but that drops his BP and it's kinda low as it is. Tom is still in extreme pain - probably because of all the excess fluid. They are giving him lots and lots of albumin to pull the fluid back into his blood vessels. They can't give him anything for pain because that drops his BP too.
Please pray for Tom to get some relief.
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