Day 248 - Saturday August 18, 2012

Bridgett woke up really sore today.  She didn't have much appetite and every time she started eating something she would take a couple of bites and then say she was done.  I started giving her the muscle relaxant this morning.  It didn't really seem to help much and by afternoon Bridgett was even worse.  Scott, Jaclyn and Weston came over to visit but decided not to boat ride so we all visited and played games (hand and foot).  Bridgett played for a while but then was so sore she had to go lay in bed on a heating pad. I was pretty sure that Bridgett used to take double the amount of Lortab that they had prescribed for her now so  I called Michelle Helwig for advice.  She said that Bridgett could double the amount of Lortab she is taking and to let her know if she is still having a hard time tomorrow.  It seemed like a pretty long day and we were back to the point of having to help Bridgett up and down from seated to standing and from laying to seated to standing.  It was so sad to see her in so much pain and I remember afresh the pain she was in back in May.  I did talk to Michelle about PT.  Bridgett's neck is weak and does need to be strengthened, but she was having no pain as long as we weren't doing any PT to strengthen her neck.  So what is the balance?  Michelle agreed that it is a hard call right now.  She said to call her tomorrow if the pain is still as bad and she will prescribe a dose pack to bring down inflammation.