More Lines

Archer had a rough start to the day. Early in the morning, Archer's blood pressure levels started to take a nosedive. The doctor doubled his dosage of dopamine to help counteract this. They were still monitoring his blood pressure by using an old-fashioned cuff every couple of hours. Late in the evening,  the doctor added a new line into his right arm that tracks his blood-pressure levels in real-time, and they will also be able to take blood draws from this same line. They needed to add this line because the line going to his belly was no longer useable (this line was taken out yesterday).
So after this half hour procedure of adding a new line to his right arm, Archer has one limb (one of his legs) without anything attached to it. Archer did very well during the procedure though; he kept trying to help out the doctor by moving his arms in the direction of the line.
Archer had a test completed a few days ago that checked for infections. There are three levels that are checked in this one test: blood cultures, CBC, and CRP. Archer had the same test done today to see if maybe there was a reason for his blood pressure drop. The blood cultures and CBC were fine, however the CRP rose from .9 to 5 since a few days ago. This test is not a concrete test, in fact many doctors ignore this test. However, it could also mean that he caught some sort of infection (the common cold for example), or there could be inflammation. If it is an infection, then this might explain blood pressure drops. To be proactive, the doctor prescribed antibiotics for the next 48 hours to help get rid of any infection.