To the Hospital, again...

On Sunday morning, early AM, Tim took Mom to the hospital because of the pain again. Unfortunately, it had so quickly went up in the pain level that Mom requested they try the ER to see what they could do. She had been in pain, then comfortable and back & forth a few too many times since Tuesday and was tired of it. Understandable... we just can't know how bad the pain is. She has a high tolerance for pain so you know when it hurts that much, it's really bad.

In the ER they tried a quick release pain medicine that didn't even touch the pain. She was admitted to the Columbus Hospital about 11am on Sunday morning where they made the decision to change the type of morphine she has been on.  Finally by ~7pm that evening, she got some relief and has been comfortable ever since.

The plan is for her to come home tomorrow. We will see what the doctors/hospice care team think after things play out tonight. We're hopefully she'll get to come as tonight she was rested well today and was pretty alert again and moving around a little bit.

At this point, we're asking for just family to visit. Because the pain medicine requires that she stays relaxed and cannot get over anxious, we can't risk that she will again be in pain. It's too much and unfair for her to suffer.  If she becomes tense, anxious, or even starts fighting sleep she'll become agitated and restless and that is usually what leads to the pain if she can't settle down. We will for sure update here if anything changes with the visitors.

We know and it brings me (us) so much comfort knowing how many people are pulling for her, sending love, prayers, and all that you have done for my parents these last few weeks and really the last few years. We can't thank you enough. 

Keep the prayers coming....