At 11pm they came in a checked vitals, cleaned out fluid bags and she was feeling pretty good with her pain management. She even stole the remote away from me as I was getting in a nap. She remembers putting down her "trusty little friend" (Morphine pump) and clicking the remote a couple times before falling into the deepest sleep yet attained. At 1:28am she woke up in severe pain. She struggled in the bed trying to find a call button for the nurse and trying to call out to me to wake up. When I finally did she was in a really bad place with the pain. She had been asleep for approximately 2hrs without pushing the button on her trusty little friend and it had been about 6hrs since her last dose of the oral pain medication. I hustled out to get the nurse and by the time I got back she was shaking so bad from the pain and really upset. The pain was so severe at that point she felt as if she was going to throw up. When the nurse came in she brought another dose of Flexeril and Vicodin to take orally but it wasn't going to take affect quickly enough. She then gave her a boost of the Morphine pump and wrapped her in some warm blankets to try to control the shaking that was causing more pain.
It's now 2:45am and she has finally gotten back to a place of pain management. Thank god! It hurts so bad to see her in such pain. We have spoken with the nurse and she is going to get her on a schedule of taking the oral medication every 4hrs. That combined with both of us keeping up on the Morphine pump will hopefully keep this from happening again..
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