Nate and I spent the morning with Clare. They are giving her a longer release pain medication through her stomach and a short term pain medication through her PIC line. The short term pain med usually lasts 4 hours. Today it seems to be lasting about 2 hours before she tries to tear the bed apart. She is really strong and she pushes on the steel rods that are drilled into her pelvis. She may be creating a lot of her own pain just by the things she is doing.
It is very apparent to me that she does not know what she is doing and she does not know what is going on. We saw Kris just before they took Clare on a transport back to the hospital for another CT Scan. They started a blood thinner yesterday and they want to be sure that there is no hemorrhaging in her brain. The scan came back good and shows improvement. Clare is now back at the specialty hospital.
Evening update: Annette is now down with Clare and Kris. She says that Clare is still "really wild and they finally came in and gave her more pain medication." Clare has a long way to go but all of these changes are what we have been waiting for. It is so hard to watch her in such visible agony and know that it is in her best interest that she is on this path. (There has got to be a life lesson in there somewhere.)
Thoughts and prayers for strength and stamina go out to your families, of course, prayers for Kris and Clare's recovery are non-stop.
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