Day 115 - Saturday April 7, 2012

Bridgett continues to be in pain; she says everything hurts.  Of course, not everything, but it feels like it because her insides hurt everywhere, as well as her back, neck and head.  The Lyrica does not help.  Her kidneys hurt quite a bit although they say there is no infection--in fact this afternoon she said she needed to go to the hospital because her kidneys hurt so bad.  I finally gave her a lortab for pain, which the doctor had prescribed before.  It didn't take away all the pain, but she quit saying that she needed to go to the hospital.  I talked to a gal whose son had a TBI.  She said that a "low grade" constant infection that is strep or staph can reside in the urinary tract and not show up in the culture.  It causes many symptoms, but the frequency is one of them.  Anyway, whatever is the problem we need to find out because it is fairly interruptive of normal life!  We worked on the ipad as well as did flashcards and Bridgett did well.  She still doesn't like to wear the reading glasses, but they do help.