Progress is Progress...

The new medication seems to be making a difference.  The daytime pain has been much more manageable but the nighttime pain is still frustrating.  After the early morning torture that was the abdominal x-ray things started to improve greatly.  Her biggest issue was the abdominal bloating and pain it was causing.  As you can imagine, the more bloated and tight you are in the front, the more pressure it puts on your back.    After the visit from Jerry, Dr. Marco's P.A., she began to feel for the first time some mobility in the gas bubble that had been in place since Friday.  She decided to try once again to eat an Activia Yogurt and I think that was the match that lit the fire.  Her belly began to rumble loud enough to be audible from across the room and she spent the rest of the day between the bed and the restroom.  Although she got some relief from the gas movement, she found it frustrating to have to get out of bed on a regular basis to hustle to the bathroom.  Especially considering the lack of sleep the night before.

Last night she went to sleep around 10pm and we were both looking forward to a decent night after the progress in the pain management.  At midnight, the nurse came in to administer her next dose of pain meds and things were still looking good.  At 2:30am though she was already in pain.  She couldn't sleep because of it and she was still an hour and a half from her next dose.  She laid awake in bed trying different positions to get some relief but nothing worked.  By the time 4am and her next dose arrived she was in serious need of some immediate relief.  She requested and received another dose of Morphine in her IV along with the pain pills.  We then tried to get some more sleep without much success until Jerry came in this morning to check on her once again.  He was happy with her progress and suggested that she discontinue the IV fluids and try to start on a more calorie rich diet.  After breakfast, we took a stroll around the halls and then she was back in bed trying to catch up on some much needed sleep.

Today, we are planning on having Drew and Lyla come to visit for the first time.  I'm excited for them to see their mom but nervous at the same time to see their reaction to her condition.  I just hope that they will understand that they can't be too rough with mommy in this fragile state.

We'll keep you posted.