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1 morphine he received daily during his stay in the
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2 hospital?
3 A Well, I don't have the hospital record here,
4 but I can tell you that he required -- oh, I noted in
5 my chart note, my dictated discharge summary, that he
6 required three to four injections of morphine daily
7 for the first four days in the hospital, but on the
8 fifth day was to be controlled only with MS Contin and
9 oral morphine.
10 Q And when he was admitted on these occasions
11 for pain control, what was the cause of the pain?
12 A The pain was being caused by the presence of
13 tumor.
14 Q Now, were there any other tests or any tests
15 that were performed on him during this stay in the
16 hospital?
17 A Well, there was a bone scan which was
18 performed and showed an abnormality in the -- I guess
19 it is the right 9th intercostal space.
20 There was an abnormality at the site where
21 the chest tube which was used for his sclerotherapy