More upbeat today! (For a change)

It has definitely been a more upbeat day today. Yesterday, at around 1.30pm, I put TWO pain patches on Husband (1 being a replacement for an existing patch, and the second being a new patch). Basically that means the pain patch dose has been doubled. So, the second pain patch would only have come into affect at 1.30am today, so he did have to continue the morphine last night, but the question was.... would he still need any morphine today, AFTER the 2nd pain patch had kicked in?

And, the answer is - so far, NO!!! NOT A SINGLE DROP.

And, to add to the cheerful and upbeat nature of the day, the Neurontin (For the nerve pain in the arm) has finally built up sufficiently in his system to start taking affect. Today he has been able to get up and sit for his meals WITHOUT being in absolute agony because of his arm :-D.

The hospice doctor also visited today - came by at 11.30am and spent an hour with us. After which he was definitely of the opinion that if we can get the pain completely under control then Husband could have a very good quality of life indeed. In addition, he is going to get a physiotherapist to come see Husband, to get him to start exercising (YIPPEE!!), and he gave me a prescription for something that should bring down the hallucinations that Husband has (pharmacies don't sell this particular drug, but I might be able to get it from a hospital pharmacy).

My sister and her boys turned up just before 1pm, with lunch for us all... and then sis drove me to UMSC to pick up the DVD and report from the CT Scan that Husband had yesterday. They had told me to come any time after 1pm, and I was there at 2pm, and, GUESS WHAT - the DVD and the report were NOT there! Nobody knew where it was, nobody knew anything about it... and, MAN, I was SO pissed off I HIT THE ROOF - told them that if they cannot get me the report then give me back my money - they were the ones who told me to come, and they can't even tell me where the DVD and the report ARE!! There was only ONE person (a lady by the name of Zarina) who tried very hard to help me, calling up everywhere to pin point the location of the DVD and the report, and once she found it, she tried to get someone to pick it up and bring it over, and had absolutely NO success. I was FURIOUS!! Told them to deliver it to my house, and walked out. They JUST called me (9pm!!!) and told me they have the CD and asked if I want to go and collect it NOW! Phew.. the cheek of it all. Anyway, my sister will pick me up tomorrow, any time after 2pm, and take me back to UMSC to get the DVD and report.... And if you are wondering why I can't just drive myself there - it is because there is NO PARKING available, so it is easier if someone waits in the car, and I run in to get the stuff. Let's hope I have no reason to blow up tomorrow as well!

Anyway, from my blow-up session at UMSC, we rushed straight back home, as I was expecting two of our good friends to come for tea. That was a great session too - lots of food (which STILL isn't finished), and great company. As always, we laughed a lot, talked a lot, ate a lot, and now I am absolutely STUFFED to the eyeballs :-p. Husband was actually feeling strong enough to get out of bed and come and lie down on the sofa to join us, which was nice, for a change!

Eleen left this evening. Went for a quick dinner, and then she hopped off back to SG. She should be back again in 3 weeks, but is more likely to stay in a hotel next time as she is actually coming back for a work-related workshop and will take the opportunity to continue house hunting. I think she has pretty much decided to look for somewhere in Mont'Kiara - as it is definitely a nice place to stay :-D.

So folks, all your prayers for the pain to be controlled may finally be showing results. Please don't stop though, as you can never tell what is going to happen, so just keep the prayers going that the pain will continue to be under control, and that Ken will get stronger and get back some of his quality of life.

Till next time everyone, stay safe, stay HEALTHY!