A little more pain on Thursday

Mary reported more pain today. I asked her if she wanted to increase the fentanyl patch because she is authorized to do that. Recall, the patches she was given are adolescent sized so Mary could go to two full patches which is one adult dose. She said she'd rather stay at the 3/4th level where she is right now. She woke with pain this morning and had a couple of tough bouts during the day.

I did get home earlier because I left the office at 6PM. I fixed a chicken, broccoli & potato dinner and Mary ate a complete adult sized portion! That was a really good sign given how little she ate yesterday. I did leave early this morning because I needed to have a blood test taken before my 9AM meeting so I left the house before I knew how she was doing. That was a bit of a concern because before I left she did move from the bed to her chaise lounge because laying in bed was hurting too much.

One more day and then I am on a two week shutdown. And, I am really looking forward to that!