Originally Posted by asphaltangel

We just got through getting a report from Mark's surgeon. They are having a difficult time getting his blood pressure up. We are waiting for them to bring him up to ICU.

The surgeon is stumped and could use God's wisdom in knowing what to do. His blood pressure was fine right after surgery and then it took a nose dive. He is talking and in good spirits.


Stumping a surgeon isn't hard, actually. Surgeons are paid to cut, not to manage complex physiological processes. But don't worry, I'm sure the internists and intensivists who run the ICU will figure it out.


"I'm gonna have to science the schit out of this." Mark Watney, Sol 59, Mars