August 8, 2009

It was a long restless night. Trystan's epideral somehow slipped and was not at all working. It took a while for them to order a drip and hook it up, therefore she was in a lot of pain without any meds for a couple of hours. Once they started the drip it seemed to help her a little. She seems to be ok until they ask her to wiggle her toes. She cries at the pain. They took out her cath this morning which means she has to go to the bathroom on her own. When she first said she had to go we tried a bedpan. She didn't like that at all! She made sure she told her nurse that she was not going in that bedpan again! We moved her from her bed to a chair late morning. and she sat up all day in the chair with her legs resting on another chair. Moving her was a challenge. She napped pretty good in the chair during the afternoon. Late afternoon she needed to go to the bathroom and the comode that the nurse had ordered earlier in the day had not made it up to us yet. Tracy and the nurse carried her to the restroom, while I followed with the iv poles. There was not a whole lot of room for all of us in the restroom but we made it work. Of course right after we got her back in the bed and situated, the comode arrived, go figure! Just a little after 10 p.m. she needed to go to the restroom again. We used the comode and that went much better. Trystan was still in a lot of pain when we did it, but it was easier, faster, and less movement for her. She hasn't eaten anything today but popsicles and a little bit of pudding.
The plan for tomorrow is to unhook her from the drip and try to manage her pain by oral medication. I hope she is able to eat something so that the medicine isn't quite so hard on her tummy. As of this afternoon they were still talking about sending her home tomorrow as well.
Please pray that she is able to eat, that her pain will be able to be under control with the oral meds, and that her pain lessens everyday with a quick, speedy and healthy recovery.
We thank God that the surgery was a success and that He provided the doctors with the wisdom and the steady hands they needed for the surgery.