Wednesday 9:30pm

The cardiologist says that Steve's high heart rate is due to some other cause, e.g., infection, and is therefore not to be treated directly. Blood samples will be cultured for infection. Meanwhile, Steve got some Codeine for his pain (Demerol is no longer the pain medication of choice as it makes him delusional). Our night nurse suspects the pain is still due to stomach regurgitation. She will give him a course of Carafate (an ulcer medicine).