Burns Day 6 - Sunday, January 26, 2020
January 26 - Last night was a bad one for Jack. He was in a ton of pain so he took the most meds he's had yet - narcotics (oxycodone) and Tylenol. They even did an extra dose of doosa? because his pain level was so bad during the night. Nobody likes having him take so many narcotics so this morning the anesthesiologist was called in to change the drip so that more meds drip out into the left leg/nerve blocker. He also cleaned up all the dried blood that was there from the first day of getting the nerve blocker put in that was all over his leg.
He finally got a gaming console brought in which is really helping to distract him from the pain too. He's planning on beating all levels of Super Mario Bros. Some more friends came to visit this afternoon which was another good distraction.
Tomorrow morning he will have his bandages changed so we will have to amp up the meds in the morning in preparation for that.
Today's miracle was honestly finding this gaming console! I'd asked ChildLife so many times if we could bring in a gaming system and hook it up to the tv when today they finally told me that they had a gaming console in the Child Life office!
It's so hard to watch him in so much pain. I wish I could fast forward to next week when he's more healed but we are getting there.
I asked Child Life if they have any virtual reality sets - since a few people told me that's what they have in burn Units to distract patients from painful bandage changes. They told me that they just ordered some but they haven't arrived yet. Such a bummer.
In other news, Kobe Bryant and his daughter died in a helicopter crash today. He leaves behind his wife and 3 other daughters. This is just another example of how life can be so dang hard. One day at a time!
He finally got a gaming console brought in which is really helping to distract him from the pain too. He's planning on beating all levels of Super Mario Bros. Some more friends came to visit this afternoon which was another good distraction.
Tomorrow morning he will have his bandages changed so we will have to amp up the meds in the morning in preparation for that.
Today's miracle was honestly finding this gaming console! I'd asked ChildLife so many times if we could bring in a gaming system and hook it up to the tv when today they finally told me that they had a gaming console in the Child Life office!
It's so hard to watch him in so much pain. I wish I could fast forward to next week when he's more healed but we are getting there.
I asked Child Life if they have any virtual reality sets - since a few people told me that's what they have in burn Units to distract patients from painful bandage changes. They told me that they just ordered some but they haven't arrived yet. Such a bummer.
In other news, Kobe Bryant and his daughter died in a helicopter crash today. He leaves behind his wife and 3 other daughters. This is just another example of how life can be so dang hard. One day at a time!
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