A little news for those of you who have finished eating your breakfast.
They tried giving our cowpoke some soft foods. They offered him jello, chicken soup, apple juice, and hot tea. I'm not sure which one he tried (he's asleep now), but it.....um.....made him frow up, and now he is nauseated, and they have him on two kinds of nausea medicine.
He's back to water sips only. He is still getting IV nutrition (his bag says dextrose, plus sodium chloride, and a heavy dose of potassium because his potassium keeps falling.)
All they will tell us about the x-rays yesterday is that there is no kind of food residue in his intestines. Well, I THINK we might have known that already! He hasn't had anything but water and a few ounces of apple juice since 8 days ago.
I was hoping he would be perky and have news of progress for me this morning, but he just hurts more than ever, is mashing his morphine constantly, and is feeling discouraged.
The good news is probably that they aren't really freaking out about anything right now. Still has IV antibiotics and IV hydration/nutrition, and getting heparin (blood thinner) shots.
So why should I worry?
Hey, Beth and Bill--
ReplyDeleteSelf-administered analgesia uses less drug. Beyond that, we did some work at ALZA that strongly suggested that the physiology of developing pain was different from the physiology of ESTABLISHED pain, so heading it off, and letting the patient control it, are pretty much state of the art, supported by a good bit of science.