April 27th, 2013

Saturday
Unit 1
Weight: 13.1 kg
Nurses: Katie/Miriam
WBC: 0.9

Not a lot to update today, last night went the best it has in a long time.  You fell asleep about 8:30 last night and we did not hear a peep from you till 2:30 in the morning.  Upping the regular flow of pain meds allowed you to rest and we did not have to use bolus to keep you comfortable, so we both slept steady.  We had a diaper change at 2:30 am and that really seems to agitate your back pain again.  The pain bothers you for the next 2 hours on an off  and when you cough.  Over all though you got 10 hours of continual sleep and 2 hours of broken sleep, that's pretty good around here.

When the doctor came this morning, we talked about the back pain and he agreed it was worth an X-ray to find out if there was a compressed disc or something else, as everything else had cleared.  We did the X-ray and it showed your back was fine, so the good news is we suspect the pain is just coming from being in bed for 28 days.  We spend lots of time today to try and keep moving you into new positions in bed, sitting on my lap etc. We also talked to the pain team and they were happy to see that we had only used 5 boluses in the last 24 hours.  We considered taking down your meds, but thought we should wait out just one more day.

Grandma came up to see you today, its nice for your mom and I to have someone else to talk to.  For most of the day, like many times before, you ignore your special visitor, but warm up and make a scene when its time for her and mom to leave for supper.

Love you buddy,

Dad