I went to the hospital early this morning in order to see the doctor when he made his rounds. Turns out he does not come in on Fridays. So we will not see him until next Monday.
John was sleepy when I arrived. As the morning went on he seemed to be dreaming or having hallucinations - reaching out for things, holding them, at one point it looked like he was taking communion. The nurses decided he had had too many narcotics and cut him off the percocet. By noon he was awake and lucid. That lasted for about two hours and then he began to have muscle cramps in his groin and left leg. By 4pm he began to to have muscle cramps and great rigidity in both legs, feet, toes, and his back. He was in a lot of pain. Today, if there was a plus, he did not have as much sweating or difficulty in breathing. He was finally given an injection of dilaudum at 6:30pm and within 10 minutes he was resting comfortably. But it had been a very LONG afternoon. I spent nearly the whole time trying to massage his legs and feet but I am not sure it helped very much.
The drugs had started to wear off and the muscle cramps returned just around 8pm but we had already decided to give him his bedtime meds at 8pm and let him have a good nights sleep, and let me go home and get some rest. He was resting peacefully by 8:30pm and I was home by 9:00pm.
Now I am off to bed.
I am not looking forward to the next two days as we wait for Monday for the doctor to decide what the next treatment should be. In the meantime the nurses can only administer the drugs that have already been prescribed.
Two thumbs down.
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