We had a pretty rough night. As usual, your metabolism was running at full speed so you were burning through the pain meds way more quickly that they were able to give them so for the last 20-30 minutes of each dose period you were pretty uncomfortable. We also found out that oxycontin has absolutely NO impact on you, but the morphine kicked in suuuuper quick! Most of today is going to be spent working on pain management and resting. Mama got a solid 3.5 hours of sleep (not all at once) in between bouts of pain, repositioning, wound dressing checks and breathing treatments. Crossing all the fingers we both have a better night!
Dr. Feldman and his team came by and are super happy with how the surgery went. We did talk some about working on getting your leg off of the pillows they were propped up on and flat on the bed so that gravity can help your hip open up some. But he also recognized that we are fighting 9 years of that joint being bent to some degree and that it is pretty tender right now. We will start PT on Monday working on laying flat and getting the hip joint stretched out.
Dr. Asadi also came by to check in on you and test some of the feeling in your feet and legs to make sure all of the nerves are still working.
Overall, good progress. Everyone that has come by says today will be the hardest day but then things will start leveling out pain-wise. We'll start your feeds back at a very slow rate to make sure your system tolerates it before moving back to full feeds tonight.
Keep fighting - you're doing great!
Lexi JoAnn you are one strong, courageous, and determined girlie. Nana can only imagine how uncomfortable you must be. God is with you, my Darling. He will help you through the tough parts every single time. Thank you for taking care of yourself.
ReplyDeleteMommy, thank you for taking care of yourself, too ♡ God is with you both ♡