Pain medicine is my buddy-friend

[drewbear]

I had NO IDEA how well my pain medicines were working until they wore off in the middle of the night. I woke up crying from the pain and my entire upper body was shaking like I was freezing. Thankfully, the nurse came pretty quickly with both my percocet (long-term control) and my morphine (immediate control). I could tell exactly when the morphine kicked in, too, because my trembles stopped like someone had hit a switch.

In any case, the surgeon came by and told me that I'm recovering quickly (just ask Matt!) and they're going to hold me again tonight, but I'll be good to discharge tomorrow. He also had one of the nurses remove my wound drain (and boy howdy, did THAT feel weird) and said that I can start solid food again today.

Now to see about arranging the necessary time off work...

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Hi, mom. :)

[badjahsensei.livejournal.com]

Here are some of the pics I took...


The stones they took out of him...


In the recovery area Tuesday night...


Yesterday, about 2pm.


Yesterday evening, testing lung capacity.

Re: Hi, mom. :)

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks Hon., I really appreciate it. Drew's always been very good at math. I just didn't know he was so creative with solid geometry.
Love you, Sweetie!