Another Tough Day

Today was a tough day for Laura. She was nauseated most of the day, but was able to vomit around 2:00 PM which seemed to bring her some relief. The pain medication doesn't seem to be helping much, she has said all day that her pain hovers around an 8 or 9 on a scale of 10. Around mid-afternoon the nurse came in a said we have thrown the best stuff that we have (referring to pain meds) it's not touching the pain, so I'm putting in a call to the pain management team to have them do an assessment on you. Based on the assessment and subsequent discussion with Dr. Zucker (plastic surgeon), they came up with a combination of meds that they can rotate so she gets something for pain about every hour. They are also giving her most of the stuff in smaller doses which appears to be helping her nausea. Her anti-nausea medicine was changed as well. These changes seem to be making some difference in the nausea, and although she still complains about the pain, she seems to be resting ever so slightly better. Dr. Zucker told her that she will not be going home until at least Friday. In addition for the prayers for Laura, please be praying for Cody and Kylie, they are both missing Mommy very much. They did get to see her for a couple minutes today which was hard on them, but Cody really needed the opportunity to check on Mommy for himself. Although it was tough to see Mommy, it really helped Cody to be able to talk to her, and give her a home made "Git well soon" card.