Give me a damn vicodin!

Okay. We are one and a half weeks out from surgery. This is how I was greeted this morning. She is easing off the pain meds though, and that is good. I had her on a schedule of giving her a vicodin every four hours until Sage asked her "Are you in pain?" and Savy said "No." So Sage asked me, "then why are you giving her vicodin?" Lessons from a 15 year old know-it-all. Stopped the vicodin schedule and now just give it to her before bed, when she wakes up, and if she asks for it . Time to ease off the smack.

I find it hilarious that doctors measure pain based on this silly one to ten scale of unhappy faces. Savy was a 9 when she first got out of surgery, then was consistantly between 4-5 during her hosptial stay. I would say now she is usually at 1-2. Mostly just uncomfortable and angry that she is not sleeping on her stomach.

HOUSE OF PAIN!

Pins at the elbow......... ..........Rods at the shoulder..................

These are the little sponges, or "marshmellows" as we like to call them. It's really an ilizarov sponge. It has a slit up the side that allows us to wrap it around the pin or rod. The hospital gave me a box of them, and I am cutting them in half to make them last, but I am told that they cost around $500 a box and that insurance won't likely cover them. She will probably need a couple of boxes at least over then next 6 months. The doctor told us that cosmetic sponges work eaually as well. I'm thinking that real marshmellows would work too, and provide a tasty snack. The pastel marshmellows would look great to coordinate with outfits. We will have to be careful around dogs and ants though.