Cooper is having a tough time. This was my first chance to get away for a moment and I needed it. He was having lots of hold his breath/ stop breathing spells. It is how he copes with pain. He is on a liter of O2, and his stats are staying in the high 90s now. He has had 2 doses f morphine and is sleeping now, not peacefully, but sleeping. He is having reflux which, to put it frankly, has to hurt like hell. He has just had his throat cut on, and now stomach acid is coming up in it. That must be like pouring salt on an open wound. I gave him his carafate to coat it. The anesthesiologist said he absolutely wanted him to stay. We just saw Dr. Hadeed, the pulmo, and he said they would monitor and keep him on oxygen over night. He said they would keep his IV in and administer all drugs that way. He said they would add protonics to help his tummy. He said they would ease him off O2 tomorrow, and if he did well, he could go home, but if not he'd stay until he was better. He is very swollen and has only opened his eyes once. He is not a happy boy. I will update again once we get a room. For now, I need to go be with him.
Friday, March 27, 2009
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Oh, poor little guy! I will be praying for him. That's awful...reflux on top of that just has to be terrible. (((hugs)))
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