Two Steps Forward – One Step Back

Sunday was not exactly the day of rest that I had planned. Emily was doing fairly well so a friend came to stay with her at the hospital as I needed to go home for a short time.

When I got home the first thing Grace said was, “Mom, Look what I can do!”

Our horses had been sold and they were being moved to their new home. I wanted to be there to see my horse one last time.

Breeze and Nahala will be missed.

When the horses were off to their new home I came back to the hospital to find that Emily is in pain again. The Morphine has been stopped and another pain med given. This was the plan, however Emily was now visibly hurting again. So the Morphine was re-started.

The doctor had written for her formula to be started at 1/2 strength in the evening. When it was started she vomited. So it was stopped for a short while. At midnight the pump was started again and Emily ground her teeth and moaned for several hours till she finally vomited again.

Her stomach is bleeding again. It was awful. The pump was stopped and IV turned on again. Her feeding tube is open to drain anything in her tummy. Please pray that this clears up. We can’t go home till the bleeding and irritation stops, pain is controlled, and she can be fed again without bleeding.

Evening and morning were the fifth day.