This week
Tyler was in the hospital from Sunday to Tuesday night. The surgery was supposed to be on Friday, but they moved it to Wednesday. He was on milrinone to give his heart a little rest prior to surgery. The good news was his echo looked much better this stay than in August when they cancelled his surgery due to his heart function. So Tony was really pleased with how his increase in meds helped his heart over the past couple of months. Tyler did pretty good. His IV's kept failing which was a pain. I was not on my A game during his first IV attempt when I let two different people poke him before asking for the best. The resident told me she was confident in herself and would try one more time. I politely said that I believed her but wanted to know who the best was. Luckily the charge nurse came in who I LOVE, heard our conversation and immediately got an attending cardiologist and anesthesiologist. They reminded me this was a training hospital and I needed to be firm. My only