I have never seen soooo many tubes coming out of one person! The NG tube and the multiple iv and arterial lines were expected but nothing quite prepared me for the poisonous pigmy dart sticking out of his neck like a high tech Frankenstein accessory. Bugged eyed and struggling to make both his eyes travel in the same direction Clem reassured us that he was doing just fine except for the scratchiness in his throat that he couldn't seem to tolerate. GET THAT MAN A SUCRETS!!
While I shoveled ice chips into his mouth he began to review all the different types of appliances that were working with or upon different parts of his body. Suprisingly he was most impressed with the vibrating leg wraps that intermittenly stimulated the circulation in his lower legs. Me...I thought the pain pump was a pretty handy tool to have around. In any case I was glad that he had "gear" to examine in order to distract him from the effects of the massive invasion that had just been made into his body.
Unsure if he would actually remember, I began to tell him all the good news. Little by little it seemed to sink in that the results that we have been wishing for actually had come to pass. It felt really great to be the bearer of good news for once.
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