"Just the Facts"-- Still had a difficult night of sleep, needed platelets in the morning, hope for a better night sleep with new pain gear.
After a difficult day yesterday B was still not able to get good sleep last night. I stayed late just to help ease the anxiety about the night. Once he dosed off, I left without waking him as we agreed. He worked up shortly after very disoriented and wondering where I was. He thought we switched rooms on him. Of course we didn't, but all day today, he thought he was in the wrong room. This is what days of being on the pain meds will do. After a long discussion with the pharmacist that travels with the group of doctors as they visit patients, a determination to put B on a Morphine pump that he could administer himself was engaged. His drip pole is now outfitted with another med dispenser and pump and now carries 7 bags. So as you can imagine, B was testing the pump out to see how fast the relief would dispense and he was on and off funny. He still thought we switched rooms. The best news in all this was that the lead doctor told him she really thought his pain was from serum sickness. The pain is evenly distributed in the shoulders, both hips and across the lower back. It's so even that it rings of the bones deep down being disturbed. It's like a little war is going on where the new stronger immigrant cells are fighting to kick out the old weaker native bone marrow cells, and they don't just lie down and give up. So in a way we are happy that the pain is there as that means that the new cells are stirring things up, and now that B can better manage the pain he may get better sleep. Sleep will help with everything, so that is worth the hassle of the morphine pump.
B's parents were able to visit today. This was a major blessing. Up till now they were unable to visit due to some health issues of their own. It was so reassuring to them to be able to see him and hear from him how he was doing. This went a long way in lifting a burden in their hearts. I have a friend that has been so faithful to check on me and send me phone texts. Sometimes I can respond, sometimes there are distractions that keep me from answering. So it was again a little blessing to see this friend pull up beside me, while on my errand to pick up some milk. I was tired and still had a few chores to do, but this simple coincidence just blessed me so. Just like B was blessed by his parents visit. It ended up being a good day!
Until next time,
Hopeful Believer.
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