Lor left yesterday and called from Quesnel last evening. They were having a good trip and are now more than halfway home. The driving is much easier once you head north on that road so they will just have to wait as the miles and kilometers click past.
Dr Boyd added an antibiotic to fight an infection and re-arranged Mom's pain medication to a steadier level that is administered more often. Unfortunately this is the medication (dilaudid) that increases the anxiety level. Just as I was finishing work Mom's nurse called to ask when my shift ended, as Mom was getting to be very anxious. So I went upstairs and she was fairly anxious but hardly able to carry on a conversation due to the dilaudid. Soon after that Dr Landry, her internist came to visit and decided to add to the ativan to keep the anxiety at bay. Mom agreed. She is eating very little but the highlight of her week was the fresh strawberries that Shirley and Rob Kammerzell brought for her. After she finished off the strawberries they gave her some more ativan and I came home for supper. When I returned about 1845 she was sound asleep and stayed just that way until I left after 2000. The nurse tried to rouse her to give her an oral medication and she would just open her eyes and then go back to sleep.
Dr Boyd called to see how she was doing and told me that the next step is to balance all of the drugs and the pain and anxiety. So we will see.
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