Thursday morning! Well, day three is upon us and all is pretty well. Cole continues to be a trooper through all the poking and prodding. Although, when the nurses come in he begins to whine. He is onto their game. Yesterday was spent keeping him comfortable. He is on a liquid diet, but really doesn't want to eat anything but applesauce. So we've been sneaking him cups.
He has a really cool numbing aid that sends local anesthesia to his hip area. It's call an "onQ" and looks like a grenade filled with liquid and a tube that runs from it into a very small incision in his thigh. This allows them to use minimal narcotics. Last night the tube on his left thigh came out and his pain increased significantly. He would wake up every 30 minutes in serious pain. It wasn't until 2am that they finally figured out what had happened. Unfortunately, it cannot be reinserted. So his morphine has been increased. He slept well after that..
Today the PT is here. She is going to start range of motion exercises and try to get him to sit up in a chair. He started crying when he saw her. This should be fun!
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