But let's not get ahead of ourselves and start jumping around in glee. Yep, he slept all right! BUT, this morning, he is still twitching and jerking and hallucinating.
Anyway, back to the beginning. Husband slept from 11pm last night, to 6am this morning. I was supposed to give him his usual 4am dose of opiate, but when I saw how soundly he was sleeping I just did not have the heart to wake him up. I figured he needs the sleep desperately, and I can skip the dose till whatever time he wakes up. As it turned out, he woke up at 6am, so I gave him the opiate, in a lower dose (4ml, just for 2 hours), and he went back to sleep again.
HAD to get him up for breakfast before 8am, because otherwise he gets gastric pains and he really does NOT need any more "pains" to add discomfort to his already much abused body! Gave him the (hopefully) FINAL dose of the liquid opiate at 8.10am. Next round of meds is at 10.30am, and that will be 30mg of oxycontin. THEN the slow release capsules take over :-)
He is back to dozing again - still tired out from not sleeping for so many days and nights in a row. Still depressed because he is still having hallucinations and the twitches. BUT he is not as hyperactive as the last 2 days, probably because he just too physically exhausted after the hyperactive-ness of the last two days!!!
My Dad is probably already at the hospital by now, waiting to see the pain management doc, to pick up the slow release pills for Husband. First dose, at 3 or 3.30pm. Then we see how it goes over the next 1 week.
So, please continue to keep Husband in your thoughts and prayers, that the slow release capsules work well for him, and that he can be completely lucid and completely pain free.
Till next time, stay safe, stay HEALTHY!
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