Tuesday, May 31, 2022

2022.05.30 - Post Op D4

 After another sleepless night, the agenda on the doctors' rounds this morning was focused on the pain management.  Tori allowed herself to sleep on the couch, and me to take sentry on the recliner next to Cannon.  We got quieted down about 1:30 AM, and Cannon and I alternated cat naps until about 6 AM.  I slept more than he did for sure... really feeling sorry for him.  It's miserable to be in such pain you can't sleep, regardless of your level of fatigue (which is high for him).  That said, the doctors were happy not only to increase his pain meds for the day/night, but for tonight the team will have access to sleep meds.  We requested this because last night the team ran out of "tools"... they'd given all the pain meds that had been ordered, and he still couldn't sleep.  They contacted the attending, who advised we wait longer for the meds to kick in.  They did kick in and reduce his pain, enough to keep him from writhing, but it wasn't enough to allow sleep.

The doctors rounds this morning brought more encouraging news... Cannon's right chest tube gets to come out today.  As well as the central line in his neck and the IVs in his arms (he's up to 4).  

Cannon is also feeling much better and is taking as many cat naps as we allow him.  We're trying to limit his sleeping because we want to ensure he'll sleep tonight.  As a parent, it's great NOT to see him squirming in pain.  If he was more extroverted, I think he would be screaming.

In the course of the day, Papa, Nana, and Gupa all got to come spend some time with Cannon.  Mama is spending quality time with the kids today, I'll take a few hours tomorrow.  Gupa and Papa are breaking all the rules and are both up here with me.  While they were up here, we're officially notified that we're downgraded to an Acute Care room!  We're out of the ICU woods.

  • I think I mentioned before, the beauty of this new setup is that we don't move from one room to another.  We stay in the same room and they change the official designation of the room from ICU, to Acute, to Standard hospital room.  Everything they need for any of the above is in this one room.
We also learned we MAY be going home on Wednesday!

In the evening, Cannon got to take a walk.  Did two laps at high speed... he was walking quicker with only one tube in that he did before he had surgery.  He wants out of here!

We're fighting a minor issue with bed sores.  We're also learning that the nursing staff does let minor things slip through their cracks, which keeps us on our toes to stay on top of everything.  They've forgotten about the bed sores and the JP line in his groin from time to time.  Minor things honestly, but good to keep them on the table for assessment. They're always great about jumping on things when we bring them up.

It's surprising how busy it is in the hospital room.  I always think I'm going to have plenty of time to do some studies I've wanted to do, blog, be still, etc... NOPE!  There's constant nurses and doctors visits, decisions to make, discussions to have, statuses to keep track of, etc...

I'm going create a separate post with pics, stay tuned.

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