Pete in MI
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Pain
Posted 7 minutes ago
Some days Brian does great and has minimal pain and others he has periods of intense pain.
Tuesday afternoon his pain seemed to intensify and that evening while watching Lost he started complaining more frequently of the pain.
He had a very rough night sleeping and the intense pain hasn't let up. We kept the pulse/ox monitor on him and his heart rate stayed high which is an indicater of pain. Normally his heart rate is around 90 at rest and yesterday it fluctuated between 118 and 130. He is asleep now and his rate is 109.
We called our home health nurse and she increased his frequency of pain med doses to see if that would help. His heart rate has continued to stay on the high side so we'll watch him closely today.
Thanks for your thoughts and prayers!!
Doug, Carol and Brian
Posted 7 minutes ago
Some days Brian does great and has minimal pain and others he has periods of intense pain.
Tuesday afternoon his pain seemed to intensify and that evening while watching Lost he started complaining more frequently of the pain.
He had a very rough night sleeping and the intense pain hasn't let up. We kept the pulse/ox monitor on him and his heart rate stayed high which is an indicater of pain. Normally his heart rate is around 90 at rest and yesterday it fluctuated between 118 and 130. He is asleep now and his rate is 109.
We called our home health nurse and she increased his frequency of pain med doses to see if that would help. His heart rate has continued to stay on the high side so we'll watch him closely today.
Thanks for your thoughts and prayers!!
Doug, Carol and Brian
Ma Betty