Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Day 5 June 9, 2009

Today I got up and did my normal chores and routine.  I sneak out of the room for a shower and then I pop some laundry in.  I eat breakfast and wait for the doctor's to make their rounds.  Our nurse today is Rae Ann.  She is great.  She told me that Cody will be getting platelets and a unit of blood today.  His body is reacting in the way that it is supposed to.
I checked into the inhaler issue. I was  never told of any wheezing and now it has disappeared on the computer.  Not sure who prescribed that but it is no longer needed.  That is one reason that I need to be here. I check EVERYTHING.
Well, the rest of today was a blur. I stepped out  after the blood transfusion was under way only to return to Cody vomiting.  He broke down and kept asking "why me?"  It is so difficult to answer.  He continued vomiting most of the afternoon and then he got a fever.  Several blood tests and cultures were ordered as well as antibiotics. We are trying to see where the fever is coming from.  The vomiting may have been caused from a withdrawl from morphine since he got a few doses of that.  So he was given a little more and the vomiting did stop.  
He is now on a pump for pain, but as needed. He will be getting the platelets soon and his fever is almost back to normal.  He is back to sleeping and I will let him rest.  Long, exhausting day for both of us.  

No comments:

Post a Comment