dad had half a bowl of cereal in the morning. Mom called Dad at 8.20. The doctor was in talked to Dad. At that moment Dad was fine. Once he hung up the phone he started getting sick. By 8.30am an attack started and at 9am Dad called Mom to come in.
Today was a bit of trail and error. Dr. Harris, his endocrinologist, had some ideas and asked if they could try them.
They tried: Nitroglycerin orally- Nothing
Zofran and Fentanyl Lollipop orally- Nothing
They took blood at this time.
Antihistamine/Allegra- Nothing
Zantac- Nothing
Then they decided to go back to the Zofran and Dilaudid.
45 minutes passed and no meds.
Dr. Jovin, the attending physician came in:
1 unit of Dilaudid by IV- Nothing
30 min later: Zofran by IV- Nothing
5mg of Dilaudid orally- Nothing
12.30:2 more units of Dilaudid- Finally he had relief!
In the evening a team of endocrinologist paid Dad a visit.
-Paige
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