Well, it is good news for sure, so far! The meds are working well. In fact, by yesterday (Thursday) afternoon, there was no return of pain after the 4 hour mark had passed. Maybe it just needed some time to build up into his system. Whatever! It is working, and the pain is definitely well under control.
He is also sleeping reasonably well - both Wed and Thu night he slept at 11pm (after the last dose of meds for the day), and slept all the way through till about 5am... at which point he would sit up to take a drink of cold water, or some of the Ensure protein drink, and then go back to sleep till I woke him at 7am for his first dose of meds. Thank God for the mini fridge that I got! It sits next to him, on his bedside table, and is just big enough to hold 3 bottles of drink comfortably :-). It keeps his drinks cold, and saves the hassle of going to the kitchen to get something cold to drink for Husband, as he absolutely will NOT drink warm water, warm milk, warm Ensure! The only things he drinks hot are hot chocolate, hot coffee and hot tea :-). Everything else better be cold.
Next step, as I just reminded him this morning, is up to him to take. Since the pain is under control, the cancer is not stopping him from doing anything, and the bedsore is not the cause of his pain (and even if it was, as I have just said, the pain is under control anyway!). So now, HE has to make the effort to get up, to move, to walk, to exercise, to eat, to just build up his strength. I cannot do it for him, he has to do it for himself.
Please continue to keep Husband in your thoughts and prayers, that he has the strength of WILL to do what is necessary to build himself back up. I can provide the support, but he HAS to do it for himself.
Till next time, stay safe, stay HEALTHY!
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