As I write this Kay is resting in the bed, after a very long day of trying to adjust her pain medicine so that she can get some tolerable degree of pain relief on a consistent basis. The challenge is that she can only have liquid pain relievers, no pills, because she can’t swallow (NPO). Liquid pain relievers work fairly quickly, but not for very long. Also, they don’t want to give her too much and possibly knock her out or depress her breathing. So in erring on the conservative side of the dosage see-saw, they do not medicate her enough to control the pain breakthroughs. On every 2-3 hr dose cycle last night and today, by the end of the cycle she was miserable. It is very hard to watch.
My prayer is that we can get this problem resolved before we go home. They have told us she can go home either Thurs or Friday. I can’t wait to get her home, but I sure don’t want to go without enough pain medicine!!!!
Everyone has been praying and we feel so very very blessed to have such caring friends. No one could ask for more. We love you all-
Kevin
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