March 20, 2010

Trystan began to run a fever during the night. It was low-grade. The nurse gave her some Tylenol and it seemed to bring it down. Also during the the evening hours she began to complain that her heal was hurting. This was a problem she had with the last surgery. When the doctor came in she took the gause off and stuffed more padding in the heal of the soft cast, hoping this will solve the problem. She wasn't happy to find out she would have to stay at least one more day.

Once awake for the day, her fever came back so it was time for more tylenol. Trystan also had quite a bit of hip and leg pain. Therefore, she had to push her buton alot for extra pain medicine. At one point she was screaming and crying in pain. Bless her heart! She also began to feel pukey. Not sure if it is from being put under for surgery yesterday or from all the medications? Praying for comfort and healing for Trystan.

She did take a good nap late morning to early afternoon. After not sleeping much the night before this was good for her. About 1:30 p.m. the physical therapist came by to be sure that I knew how to get Trystan from one spot to another, in and out of her wheelchair, etc. I guess she didn't know that we had already been through one surgery and have been doing this since August 2009. But, she was only doing her job, so I showed her that I could get her on and off the comode and also that I could get her from her bed to an upright chiar. Once I put Trystan in the chair she was in alot of pain being moved around so much. She had to press her pain pump button a couple of times but soon calmed down. She stayed up in the chair for quite a while and visited with daddy, Alyssa, Grandma Watson, and Grandma Rieke. A great thing she did this evening is she ate a little supper. It wasn't much but it was something! Praise the Lord for the little things. Before daddy left he moved her back to her bed for the evening.

Trystan's fevers have been rollercostering all day as well as her pain levels. Naturally the more she is moved around the more pain she's in. As long as she continues to use her sperometer, sit in a chair, eats and drinks; she may be able to go home tomorrow. But the most important thing is she needs to get off of the pain pump and have her pain managed by oral meds. Praying that Trystan is able to get a better nights sleep tonight as well as for comfort and healing.