Last night was more challenging than any of us had anticipated. Linda started getting muscle spasms/charliehorses in her abdomen around the incision sight a little before midnight. They were so intense that she could barely breath and wasn’t able to talk. Initially they lasted between 2-3mins.
The nurse was terrific!! She noticed that there was an order for an addition pain killer on top of the epidural. However, it was the narcotic that made Linda violently throw-up after her second surgery. The nurse heard that and went through the appropriate channels to get Linda a different additional pain killer. In the end we were able to “manage” Linda’s pain, to a point.
This morning the doctors decided to take a different approach. They took her off of the narcotics and put her on an anti-inflammatory along with an additional oral pain killer. Praise God this took away the abdominal muscle spasms, allowing them to remove the catheter and helping to facilitate her getting up and moving around.
That is when it became apparent just how numb Linda still was on the lower right side of her body. At this point Linda is slowly and steadily regaining feeling on the lower right side of her body. However, they removed her epidural early this afternoon and are a bit concerned there is still numbness.
PLEASE PRAY that this numbness would cease!! That Linda’s body would come back into alignment! That she would be completely restored to health! That her pain would continue to be managed in a way that enables her to be mobile!
Thank you for your continued love, support and well wishes. I have been reading or playing the well wishes for her as they come in.
In gratitude!
The nurse was terrific!! She noticed that there was an order for an addition pain killer on top of the epidural. However, it was the narcotic that made Linda violently throw-up after her second surgery. The nurse heard that and went through the appropriate channels to get Linda a different additional pain killer. In the end we were able to “manage” Linda’s pain, to a point.
This morning the doctors decided to take a different approach. They took her off of the narcotics and put her on an anti-inflammatory along with an additional oral pain killer. Praise God this took away the abdominal muscle spasms, allowing them to remove the catheter and helping to facilitate her getting up and moving around.
That is when it became apparent just how numb Linda still was on the lower right side of her body. At this point Linda is slowly and steadily regaining feeling on the lower right side of her body. However, they removed her epidural early this afternoon and are a bit concerned there is still numbness.
PLEASE PRAY that this numbness would cease!! That Linda’s body would come back into alignment! That she would be completely restored to health! That her pain would continue to be managed in a way that enables her to be mobile!
Thank you for your continued love, support and well wishes. I have been reading or playing the well wishes for her as they come in.
In gratitude!
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