Dr. Reid wanted her to get some sunshine in the day room/play room at the end of the hall, Celia wasn't too happy about becoming mobile (even if it was in a wagon!):
Day 2 was much harder, pain-speaking, on Celia than Day 1. I think it is because the first day she was experiencing the effects of both the anesthesia and the spinal that she received for pain control. What most sticks out in my mind about Celia's hospital stay was how difficult it was to get her to take her medicine/force it down her throat! She really hated it. At night, I slept laying next to her in her hospital bed (not exactly comfortable!) and would wake up every few hours to assist the nurses in getting her to take the different meds she was on (pain, stool softener, and an anti-bladder spasm med). She fought us tooth and nail. It was hard to keep her pain under control so the nursing staff contacted our doctor who okay'ed one dose of narcotics for her. They don't like to go that route because narcotics are constipating (the kiss of death for kidney patients!) and you cannot go home on narcotic pain meds. The dose she received did calm her down enough so she could rest comfortably. The poor girl was in so much pain she was thrashing and screaming, in effect making the pain worse. She was finally able to get good sleep with reduced pain.
Day 2 also brought her some visitors and gifts...which she was all about!!
