November 12, 2009

Home is what the doctor ordered. I am very pleased to report that Sadie was able to get a TON of sleep last night. It seems like her body knew just when to wake up for medicine because not once did I have to rely on the alarm I set to keep us on track. Rather then getting a few minutes of sleep at a time Sadie was able to get few hours of sleep at a time. Right now (and for the foreseeable future) Sadie will remain downstairs and I will sleep down here with her until she is ready to move back upstairs. There are several logistical issues that have to be ironed out in regards to generally getting around, but we are quickly figuring out a system that works.

Sadie's pain is about the same (which I am going to say is a BIG PRAISE)... I had concerns that it might get worse, but that isn't the case. Her right ankle pain is about a 3 on a pain scale 0-10 and her left is about a 6 or 7 on the same scale. The only other issues is that she is very itchy... I have no clue why. I know that morphine can make you itchy, but that should be well out of her system by now. I do continue to check her for hives, but nothing like that is the case, so I continue to give her benedryl to help her deal with that.

So right now we are plugging along. Thank you, thank you, thank you for all your support and love.