Well our little cowboy has had better days!
As soon as I got here this morning, he said he is having a purty bad day. He said that he felt like today would be a crucial day, and that if he gets a lot better, it's going to be the end of his troubles, but if he gets any worse, he felt like dying "was one possibility."
Part of the problem was that his morphine order ran out at 3 am, and no one had caught that, so his pain meds completely stopped--WAY before they should have.
He didn't get any help with his pain until almost ten this morning! But when that came, what a relief!
Then his Moroccan Nursing Assistant Ahmed came in and gave him a sponge bath, and Bill liked that.
Dr. Walther was here again (!) and said that Bill isn't ready to go home; Monday would be the earliest day they could consider release.
He didn't think Bill was ready for food today, so it's still small sips of liquids--not even allowed to drink, just sip.
Bill still has a large pink circle on his incision, which they're watching.
He is having a lot of abdominal pain, which they're watching.
No one seems to care about the dramatic red dots all over his back, which look like a cross between measles and chicken pox. He has cream, yes, but--the rash looks strange to me. I have been instructed, however, to feel less free to share my opinions with Bill and his caregivers. So this is me whispering my opinions to YOU!
No more transfusions are planned for today.
That's about it! I'll update tonight. Love to all.
Weird rashes = side effect of reaction to morphine. That's a delayed allergic reaction (there are multiple types) -- it doesn't show up until late.
ReplyDeleteYou can also get it (if you have the allergy) from cutaneous prescriptions as well. My sister had that happen within a day and a half of being on codeine.
They're probably not worried because it's considered standard for morphine reactions and he doesn't have a history of the allergy. They don't like taking people off morphine or codeine and putting them on other pain killers -- morphine and codeine are the easiest.