Saturday, May 9, 2009

Sleep, Drugs and Bones

David has started sleeping again - the last two nights he's been peaceful, and a nap or two in the daytime, but he's still biting his fingers and moaning when he's awake. Ortho/bone doc thinks an injection of cortisone in the AC joint might help with the pain. David touched my "yes" hand when asked if he wants to try it...
Prograf apparently was the culprit with being wired all night. It is a very powerful anti-rejection med, actually toxic to the kidney if the dose is too high. David's level was out of whack, and as soon as they had us skip a dose, then lower it, he began to sleep again. There are lots of things they don't tell you pre-transplant....

2 comments:

JP2E said...

Hope the good news continues. Tell David we are all thinking about him here in Tucker...

Sue said...

Love to David and when he feels better give him a big hug.