Easter & Morphine

We had an Easter picnic on Sunday in my parents' room. This picture was taken after they opened their cards and ate some chocolate. My mom was in a lot of pain on Sunday, so she stayed in bed most of the day.

I saw her Monday evening and she was sitting up while the SeniorCorp social worker asked questions about what type of aide we need in the home. We will have someone coming, beginning on Thursday, from noon-7:00 p.m. to help with laundry, cleaning, meals and turning my mom. My dad is exhausted.

Thanks to the many people who are bringing food and showing their love to our family in this manner.

At 2:40 this morning (April 14th), we received a call from my dad that my mom had been screaming in pain for an hour. I immediately got up and was there in less than 20 minutes. She had calmed down by the time I arrived, but I gave her morphine drops anyway. She slept until the nurse arrived at 9:00 a.m. At that time, her temperature was 101 degrees. The nurse placed oxygen on her, gave her more morphine drops and a Vicodin to help with the pain and her temperature. They didn't have any Tylenol in the house. Thanks to Gene & Joan for bringing them groceries (including Tylenol) today. Her temperature was down to 99.7 when I left at 10:30 a.m. Her other nurse came and stayed with her for about 4-5 hours today. My mom was very agitated because they re-arranged her bedroom. Hopefully, she has calmed down. It had to be changed due to safety reasons.

Please pray that my mom does not continue to experience the severe pain. That's been my prayer all along - that she wouldn't have to endure pain.

Thanks.

Love,
Anita