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Theresa,
I am so sorry to about the problems you had while in the hospital. Like everyone says, you must control the pain! I know it is a little late now, but maybe it'll help someone else, why didn't you ask for a shot of pain meds when her I.V. was pulled out or did you? I would imagine they could have given her something.
We had one bad pain med experience. Jamie was on oral meds, and I asked the nurse about ten minutes before they were due just to remind her. I know they are busy and it takes a while sometimes, so I asked early. She came right away and checked her chart and said she would be back with them in ten minutes when they were due. Jamie and I were exhausted and fell asleep. Jamie woke up two hours later in extreme pain and she never complained about pain before. I called the nurse and she came in and I told her she was to bring it two hours ago and she said she got busy with a difficult patient. She got the pains quickly, but it was too late. The pain was too far gone. I told her I wanted a shot of Morphine now and she argued with me that she was off the Morphine drip and was only to take her oral meds. I told her again to get us a shot of Morphine or I would be paging the doctor. She came back quickly with the shot. It still didn't take the edge off of the pain for the oral meds to work. I told her to get another shot and she gave me an evil look but did it anyway. That finally worked and she got settled down. This was all the night before we were supposed to go home! We had a very nice talk with the doctor the next morning and he of course asked about her pain control, as we had already switched her oral meds twice during her stay. I told him the events of the night before and knowing the doctor, someone got a serious lecture, because we heard part of it, and he would not accept any excuses from the nurse. Needless to say, we ended up staying an extra day to make sure her pain would be controlled at home and the nurses were always there about three minutes before her next meds were due to tell me they were on their way to get her pills and we never had a problem again.
All parents need to speak up for their children. I know for some that is hard, but we never asked the nurses for much. I turned Jamie, I bathed Jamie, I dressed Jamie, I transferred her in and out of bed, took her to the bathroom, for walks, etc. The only things I asked of the nurses was to bring her meds. and wash her hair once before we went home. They wouldn't even wash her hair for me until the doctor offered to write an order (which he did) for them to wash her hair! Speak up for your kids, no matter what.
Mary Lou
I am so sorry to about the problems you had while in the hospital. Like everyone says, you must control the pain! I know it is a little late now, but maybe it'll help someone else, why didn't you ask for a shot of pain meds when her I.V. was pulled out or did you? I would imagine they could have given her something.
We had one bad pain med experience. Jamie was on oral meds, and I asked the nurse about ten minutes before they were due just to remind her. I know they are busy and it takes a while sometimes, so I asked early. She came right away and checked her chart and said she would be back with them in ten minutes when they were due. Jamie and I were exhausted and fell asleep. Jamie woke up two hours later in extreme pain and she never complained about pain before. I called the nurse and she came in and I told her she was to bring it two hours ago and she said she got busy with a difficult patient. She got the pains quickly, but it was too late. The pain was too far gone. I told her I wanted a shot of Morphine now and she argued with me that she was off the Morphine drip and was only to take her oral meds. I told her again to get us a shot of Morphine or I would be paging the doctor. She came back quickly with the shot. It still didn't take the edge off of the pain for the oral meds to work. I told her to get another shot and she gave me an evil look but did it anyway. That finally worked and she got settled down. This was all the night before we were supposed to go home! We had a very nice talk with the doctor the next morning and he of course asked about her pain control, as we had already switched her oral meds twice during her stay. I told him the events of the night before and knowing the doctor, someone got a serious lecture, because we heard part of it, and he would not accept any excuses from the nurse. Needless to say, we ended up staying an extra day to make sure her pain would be controlled at home and the nurses were always there about three minutes before her next meds were due to tell me they were on their way to get her pills and we never had a problem again.
All parents need to speak up for their children. I know for some that is hard, but we never asked the nurses for much. I turned Jamie, I bathed Jamie, I dressed Jamie, I transferred her in and out of bed, took her to the bathroom, for walks, etc. The only things I asked of the nurses was to bring her meds. and wash her hair once before we went home. They wouldn't even wash her hair for me until the doctor offered to write an order (which he did) for them to wash her hair! Speak up for your kids, no matter what.
Mary Lou
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