I have been wanting so badly to report something positive. For days, I have had nothing good to report, because Iva has been absolutely miserable. She was having immense pain, she was bed-ridden, and she was mentally a mess. The pain medications have been causing all sorts of problems. All the doctors have been really mystified, truly. Her last surgery was on Thursday and as of yesterday, she had not improved at all. Not one iota. I sat with her all Saturday, watching her suffer, waiting for any moment where I could see that she might be better. But nothing. Pain, hallucinations, dizziness, cryingl, suffering, suffering, suffering.
Yesterday, she finally agreed to take all medications as prescribed, to just forget that they were making her feel drugged, and as I had hoped, today she felt a bit better. They are now talking about sending her home tomorrow. YEAH!
It's no fun when medications give you bizarre reactions. This from one who knows—[i]no one else has out-of-body experiences when they take Tavist![/i] It's entirely possible that Iva was/is having genuine, idiosyncratic reactions which her doctors have simply never seen before. I have a long list of drugs to which I have weird reactions.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry Iva has had to go through this again. I hope and we pray that she continues to feel a little better each day, and that maybe she can come home today.
Sue.
P.S. I will check in when possible over the next 10 days or so; I'll have limited computer access during that time. But we will continually pray for all of you, as usual.