To use the title of a hymn, and it could even be considered blasphemous "there's power in the blood"! The unit of blood worked its magic and all of his numbers have stabilized. He was awake and "growling" when I got here. The trach was leaking some so he could make some noise and it was just a growl.

Stephanie said the EKG showed sinus tachycardia but no afib which is what she was afraid of. The lab work showed some elevated levels but she's going to leave any treatment for that up to infectious disease since he's already on antibiotics. So , he's going back to the SIMV mode today!

His nurse just came in with morning meds and she said he slept well all night. So the timing of his sleep meds must have been right.

I was able to find what I was looking for on Supraventricular tachycardia and sinus tachycardia is a form of that. I also looked at the signs of anemia and he had several of those. Usually we only see Dr. Muir once a week so to see him 3 days in a row, he must have suspected this.

So a much better start to the day. Walt is not going to switch his vent quite yet. He sometimes starts breathing harder. We're going to hold the xanax since he's pretty calm right now.