Not such a great day today.
They took away the "happy button" and put her on Voltarol, so early morning was not good. Getting out of bed was very painful, and she sat in the chair all morning, disinclined to move. By midday she was feeling sick and in a lot of pain, so struggled back to bed. No physio; no scoliogram. (The registrar was as disappointed as she was, not getting the x-rays done!)
Her blood pressure was fine today, but her actual blood count was down, so she needed a transfusion.
She ate a bit more for tea tonight, but later started feeling hot and a bit sick again. By the time I left her tonight, they were putting up a second unit of blood, and she was pretty pooped. I guess it can't all be plain sailing, but she was feeling a bit down by the end of the day.
So - scoliogram rescheduled for tomorrow, and an interview with the Occupational Therapist has been scheduled, to assess what aids she may need to help her at home through her recovery.
On the plus side, some of the feeling is returning around the edges of that numb patch on her leg, and the doc says they'll prescribe some tablets to help it recover, too. Hopefully it should be back up to its accustomed level in about 6 weeks, I think she said.
Not much more to report tonight.
"Hubby"
2 comments:
good news on her leg! I have heard that described before about some numbness after surgery...hope tomorrow is better for her...Lynne
Chin up guys, you will soon be through this. Remember she's only upset 'cos they took away her morphine :-)
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