I know Jim is super sensitive to pain medication but this is different. He's not hitting the morphine button all that much. He seems confused and has less control of his body. The PA says it's a combination of his high temperature, his low white blood cell count and lack of sleep. I looked in his mouth and"Oh my God!" it looks like he swallowed acid. Sorry for the graphic description, but can you imagine? His mouth is creating this thick secretion. The nurse gave us a suction tube to get it out of his mouth. You know, this is just incredibly painful. Even the PA said this was an extremely bad case. But, it looks like it should only last for a few more days or maybe a week and a half. I feel for him.
I spent last night at the hospital. I don't know how anyone is supposed to get any sleep around here. If it's not the nurses coming in and out of the room checking vitals, it's the pump beeping. Jim is getting a transfusion at the moment I think he may want me to stay again tonight.
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