Mom's condition has taken a very quick downward step today. She woke up at 4 am complaining of intense pain. She touches her abdomen where it hurts and just really gets distressed with the pain. I only had Tylenol and that didn't take even an edge off the pain. I called Hospice and we worked through several things to make her more comfortable. At 6:30 or so I called again and they sent a nurse.
Together we made it until a nurse on call came by at 8. Mom checked out normal in every way except for her pain. A call to her regular nurse who came by at 10:30 and a doctor consult brought on Morphine. I am giving her small doses of morphine every hour until we know how she will react to it and how much is needed and how often to control the pain. She is refusing food except for about 4 tiny spoons of ice cream. She is spitting out the nuts so you know how bad it must be for her. It is after 9pm and I gave her a dose before her hour was up as she was in pain again. I have orders that her dose is small so I can give her more when she needs it. She is still uncomfortable so I'm sure she needs a higher dose since she isn't making it an hour pain free.
Tomorrow Hospice is sending a van or whatever to administer an x-ray. Her doctor wants to know exactly what is going on in her abdomen area so that we can adjust treatment and care. Even though we will not be on a treatment plan we can at least have some answers on how to make her less agitated and reduce her pain.
Her situation never looked good, but now it is definitely bad.
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