The man I performed CPR on returned to our facility yesterday.
He was going to die, said the cardiologist.
He would never get out of a wheel chair, said the physical therapist.
Cardiac rehab would keep him in a skilled facility for the rest of his life, said the primary care physician.
He walked in yesterday with the assist of a walker.
I know the odds for successful CPR are fairly low.
Except it was a witnessed arrest and I began CPR within 60 seconds.
He's back to his baseline.
This includes telling me to shove the f***ing facility up my a**hole as far as possible.
I hadn't been verbally abused for at least two weeks.
I find the irony slightly amusing.
The guy is back smoking after 4 weeks without a cigarette.
He has end stage renal disease and was out to dialysis today.
They called me to let me know he was tachy at 160 beats per minute so they were sending him to the ER.
I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings. LOL.
5 comments:
Can you say... why is he not a DNR?
He is now a DNR. He was before he came to our facility originally but they never followed through. W/o advanced directive we do full codes. I cannot believe some of our people who are full codes, it just astonishes me.
there's just no pleasing some people...
Well, you did a good thing, whether he realizes or not.
*APPLAUSE*
Some people just don't learn do they???
Kudos to you sweetie!
God bless and have a blessed and beautiful day!!! :o)
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