Sunday afternoon here at the ranch. Shortly after my last post, yesterday, Angelique awoke, still in pain. I “pushed” all her breakthrough pain meds through the evening and night. We had to get up only once overnight and she slept till about 6:30 this morning. About that time she began having chest pains again. I reassured her that she was not having a heart attack, gave her her morning dose and got her back to sleep. As Bailey kept vigil, I attended mass. My last turn to usher till November.
About noon I gave the Hospice nurse a summary of our use of the breakthrough meds since noon yesterday. She consulted with the doctor and he directed us to increase her methadone by 50%. The thought being that that amount will keep her from having to take so much morphine in between.
Brother Mark and Tammy are on their way here from Gilmer. They’ll be here a few days to help us out around the house. Not much to do outside in this heat. I’m not sure where the lawnmower is…haven’t had to use it in so long.
Good friend, communion minister, and nurse, Laurie Quitta came by and gave Angelique holy communion and visited with us about the medical stuff. It’s good to have a friend you can trust to give you the inside story on all this pain medication. Angelique’s dresser looks like we robbed a pharmacy.
We’ll see in the next 24 hours whether the increase in her methadone takes hold.
Thanks for caring. Stay tuned…
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