The weekend brought more of the same with Mom. Which is a good thing in my book. Her body is getting stronger and healing, and her emotional state and frustration seems to decline a bit. She did complain of pain today, but she has to be sore from just laying in bed...Not to mention the IV's, chest tube, incisions and such. They do a pretty good job keeping up with her pain level, but they have to almost be schooled with my Mom...No one my Mom's size should require as much pain meds as she does...But, with her constant back pain, she would take Vicodin pretty regularly. That makes a difference for sure.
I am looking forward to talking to the ICU doctor tomorrow as they were discussing maybe trying some solid food to see the state of her lymph duct. She has been saying she is hungry...My favorite is when she ordered me to call Pat and Oscar's so she could have a chicken! I also want to see if he will let them put another nicotine patch on her...The weekend doctor discontinued it at some point this weekend, and I knew it first thing when I walked in this morning...I can tell when she is very mad and frustrated AT ME, and only me, it is a sure sign of nicotine withdrawal. So I hope they can give her something...The nurse today told me they started her on Lexapro, and anti-depressant, so hopefully that will also help.
Dad was good today too. I went and we watched some of the Steeler game together, and then he dozed off. So, I headed back to Mom, and she was sleeping soundly.
The start of another week...Hard to believe that it has already been 10 days...10 eventful, emotional, frightening, frustrating, purposeful, enlightening days.
Much love.
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