The surgery went well, at least we think it did, as the surgeon never came out to talk to me or later to the two of us... And he has found out that fentanyl does nothing for him for pain relief, either that or the fact that the IV tubing was caught between the mattress of the bed and the railing and was blocking the flow, so the last two doses never reached him.. ~sighs and grumbles~ The surgeon gave the anesthologist an option to giving him dilaudid, but since he claims that Ray has sleep apnea, because he wheezes, he refused to give him any, which would probably have taken care of the pain in the first dose, not 4 doses of the other... but in the end, he left with a high level of pain because they couldn't give him anything else... but he's home, been ordered to sleep sitting up for the next week, since it keeps the blood from pooling at the surgical site... He's trying to use his right hand and arm as he's NOT supposed to do, because he wants to do things on his own ~RME~ but now he understands how much I hated it when I was in the same boat after my gall bladder was removed... ~chuckles~
But all in all, I would like to thank you all for the thoughts and prayers, and sorry if I went on a rambling bit there, have little to no sleep in me, as we didn't get to sleep until 1am due to me trying to calm him down and not freak out at the last minute... ~sighs~ and we had to be up 2 1/2 hours later... So now, we are both going to take a nap, as he claims I need it more than he does... As normal, he's still worrying about me, apologizing about causing me pain and having to help him out with things that he can't do for the next few days... ~sees I am rambling again and sighs as I slip out, thinking I need sleep apparently~
