I *heart* Morphine

I *heart* Morphine (orig. published 4.14.11)


So much for the morphine sensitivity theory.

I'm 100% certain that morphine is the best most wonderful and amazing drug ever invented in the history of invented drugs.

Because Colson had a rough day today of dictating - I thought I'd share with you some of the happy/funny things that have happened due to the morphine instead of dwelling on the negative things.


Colson's Morphine Conversations - PICU Day 2:


While loading a DVD:

Colson - "D..... V..... D! That spells DVD Daddy!"

(We always knew he was smart! Hah)


While blinking his eyes:

"Look! I'm ssssshaking my eyes!"

Us: Yes, you're blinking!

"No, I'm shaking them like this" *blink blink blink*


While watching Brave Little Toaster:

Daddy: What year was this made?

Colson: It's not a year Daddy, it's from Auntie Sarah.


While proving that he's happy:

"See, I'm happy like this" - stares at Daddy and bares his teeth like a warewolf.


While learning how to do math:

"I want to go to the moon sometime with you and Daddy and Cayleigh, Mommy"

Me: "Oh, that would be fun someday wouldn't it Daddy?" I ask Nick.

Colson: "No. I said SOMETIME, not SOMEDAY Mommy"


He's very clear in his thoughts right now as you can tell.

It's rough being a dictator - he's about to pass out and it's only 8:30. He insists on instructing the nurses exactly what time they should return (not until 30 minutes!) and he insists on telling Mommy and Daddy that he wants something so we'll get it for him and then he no longer wants it. "My legs hurt!" he says. Ok, we'll give you medicine. "No! They feel better already!" he yells. Then its "I don't want to be in this doctor office anymore!" - sorry baby, just a few more days so you can get better. "I feel better already!". And then a few minutes later its "My legs hurt!". Clearly, he's not feeling better yet.

He's highly annoyed with the monitor displaying his stats. He knows when his heart rate is too high (it still is, currently 146-152 at rest). We tried teaching him to take deep breaths to bring it down, but he instead breathes really fast through his mouth instead of slow and then gets annoyed that the heart rate isn't going down, but rather up. Then he gets madder so his heart beats faster and then he gets mad that his respiratory stats go up to 25 or so instead of 13 because he's breathing faster and it's a neverending cycle.  

Not much to say today, just hoping to get some sleep tonight. Me, not Colson. He slept great, but he was on drugs and wouldn't share. Luckily they took the child that screamed at the top of her lungs all night down (no exaggeration) to a different floor. I see sleep in my future again. Colson is asleep finally now, and that boy loves his sleep. When the nurses came in last night, he wasn't even phased. Thank you Tylenol, Codine, Morphine, Valium, Epidural, and Benadryl, I don't know what we'd do without you. Hah.


Much love.

-J-



Love my sweet gentle boy.



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