Boy, did I call it last night! After sleeping all day yesterday, Jimmy was rocking and rolling all night long. He was agitated and jittery, probably from the high-dose steroids, and I'll bet I had to get up 100 times to put his oxygen mask back on. He tried to get out of bed several times, once pulling the oxygen tube out of the wall in the process. Of all the drugs I took when I was on chemo, I hated the steroids the most. They are mean, mean, mean.
As you might expect, Jimmy is sleeping like a baby now. He is getting 2 bags of blood. His hemoglobin is 7.5, hematocrit 24%, and platelets 102. I'm going to speak with the doctor today about how sedated Jimmy is. He has a Fentanyl patch for pain, but he is so sensitive to medication, and I'm wondering if it's a little too strong.
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