Mystery

So, her blood panels show no signs of infection. The only sign is her elevated white blood cell count. The cardiologist team believes that it is because her body is trying to fight what is making it not feel good - the fluid on the lungs. she has responded well to the diuretics and her lungs are less white and wet looking. Her heart rate is closer to normal and her respiration is still high, but on level with her personal baseline. They still have not fed her through the g tube so she is receiving all fluids and nutrients through the iv. Her O2 stats are still a little low, but the cardio team said they will accept that if she is off oxygen (apparently that will make her heart condition worse). The doctor over the PICU seems determined that she had to have aspirated regardless of what I or the cardiologist say. In rounds she asked "how soon after the feeding did you notice her going downhill?" I told her it was unrelated to a feeding. She insisted that she had gotten worse after throwing up and I corrected her saying that the throwing up was a result of the not feeling good rather than the other way around and she "whatever"ed me! Regardless, the cardiologist is quite sure that it is all because of her heart and the veins and arteries which we agree with. The decision is that they will schedule her for a cath lab as soon as possible to check her heart on the inside. She was just transferred to intermediate.