May 2021
Sara
Gray
,
BSN, RN
Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital-8 South
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville
,
TN
United States
Sara noticed that my mother seemed out of it, almost unresponsive with all-over body pain.
Rather than write it off to her being 94 and post-heart attack on Thursday, Sara noticed that my mother seemed out of it, almost unresponsive with all-over body pain. The slightest touch was excruciating. Sara noticed she had not been urinating much and thought maybe she should check with ultrasound and found a huge urine buildup. She notified the doctor, did a catheter and she had an immediate change in pain level and alertness. Sara is one in a million and should be recognized as such.