Thursday, August 13, 2009
Very Very sore
Today was a long day. Bridger woke up around 4:00 am and he had wet clear through all the bedding and soaked his bandages. They pumped so much fluid into him yesterday that we really had no chance, even though we were constantly taking him to the bathroom. His eyes were even a bit swollen and puffy. He was also running a fever of 100.1 F, so I decide to call the night nurse and we ended up going in to the ER. They changed his bandages and sent us home. We came back to the hotel, ate a meal and Bridger and Grandma played little people and helicopters while I made insurance phone calls and set up some more appointments. Then after such a long night, we all took a nap. Later we went back to the BMT unit to have Bridger's labs drawn and have a few more tests run. Bridger has been very, very sore today. He hurts a lot in his lower back area where they took out his bone marrow and close to his collar bone where they inserted his central line. The pain has caused him to hunch his head forward, tuck his hips in, and shuffle his feet. We named his new walk the "Bridger shuffle". I had given him two doses of pain medicine by the time we got to the BMT unit and we noticed a Rash had started to spread all over his body. It has raised, pin point, red dots all over. The doctors can't isolate the cause. It could be the medicine, the stuff they used in surgery to clean his body, or a viral rash. He took benedryl and we are giving him plain Tylenol as he needs it. I think his funny for the day was when he tried to pick up a toy spaceship and he said, "It's to heavy for my poor arm". I hope he feels better in the morning.
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I hope Bridger is feeling better today. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Jana, you are such a good mama, and remember Heavenly Father loves you. Keep yourself healthy also;)
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Kristy