Volume and Negative

There are many words and phrases that have become a part of our everyday that will never mean the same thing to us again.

Volume and negative are two examples.

Volume - anytime they have to add fluid to the ECMO machine it increases the volume. We don't like to have to add fluid, but the machine and Mallory dictate that, not us. The main reason we don't like to add volume is because we want Mallory to be negative.

Negative - we want Mallory to get rid of more fluid every day than she takes in. The less extra fluid she has in her body and cells the better.

"a dry heart is a happy heart"

Today Dr. Doom threatened that if we were not negative by the end of the day, he was going to shoot the ECMO tech.