Dispatches from Katie's 10th Circle
Two emails from my dad last night:
9 PM:
We just saw her and she is in terrible pain. The ortho on call just bame in. Normally they do a nerve block as outpatient surgery and send them home the same day. They did not do the block due to concerns in the neck area. Block can be done in neck but can cause shoulder twitching. However it can also be done in armpit avoiding that. They are going to do the block now but it will kill to move the arm enough to get to the pit. Why they didn't do it while she was out is beyond me. They also upped the morphine from 10 to 20 whatevers and from 35 to 70 whatevers.
She has gone through a lot of pain needlessly. Dad
10:37 PM:
Finally got pain under control and back in room at 10. Only six fucking hours to accomplish what should have been done before they started. Doing OK for now.
Unbelievable. Kind of? I spent the night sick with worry.
Today, things seem to be under control. They may send her home tomorrow; regardless she'll have at-home nurse visits to change bandages and whatnot for 2 weeks.
This is what the bike looks like:
Kind of like it went from 50 mph to a dead stop instantly, no?
9 PM:
We just saw her and she is in terrible pain. The ortho on call just bame in. Normally they do a nerve block as outpatient surgery and send them home the same day. They did not do the block due to concerns in the neck area. Block can be done in neck but can cause shoulder twitching. However it can also be done in armpit avoiding that. They are going to do the block now but it will kill to move the arm enough to get to the pit. Why they didn't do it while she was out is beyond me. They also upped the morphine from 10 to 20 whatevers and from 35 to 70 whatevers.
She has gone through a lot of pain needlessly. Dad
10:37 PM:
Finally got pain under control and back in room at 10. Only six fucking hours to accomplish what should have been done before they started. Doing OK for now.
Unbelievable. Kind of? I spent the night sick with worry.
Today, things seem to be under control. They may send her home tomorrow; regardless she'll have at-home nurse visits to change bandages and whatnot for 2 weeks.
This is what the bike looks like:
Kind of like it went from 50 mph to a dead stop instantly, no?
posted by Zach at 2:30 PM
1 Comments:
jesus, zach. i hate this. i'm so sorry. i'll think of/pray for your fam. i am here whatever you guys may need.
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