Day Two

Day Two started early with doctors making rounds.  Ortho stopped in followed by a pediatrics.  Then physical therapy and respiratory therapy.  Pain meds every two hours, still alternating between IV morphine and  oral percoset.  Both meds were causing her to sweat badly so the air conditioning was set at about 70 degrees.  She was having a problem urinating so they ended up using a straight cath to empty her bladder.   They hoped that later in the day getting her up and onto a commode would help.  (She was not happy with a bed pan.)  Physical therapy told me that we would need basketball shorts to fit over leg braces.....so ran to Walmart to get a couple of pairs.  Also picked up coffee at starbucks on the way back.  Social work stopped by ..... a walker, wheelchair and commode were being arranged to be delivered to my home.

Day three...
Fitful night again.....at 5 am made a run to the 7-11 for coffee...a big one. Melissa's bladder was still not working so they had put in a foley catheter during the night.  She didn't want it but once in it was actually a blessing.  Physical therapy visited twice...time to get her up.  She was taught how to shift her weight in the bed and how to get out of bed...not that she could do it herself yet.  It took two of us to get her into a standing position.  She sat in the chair for a bit while her bed was being remade.