The Treadway's

Just taking a minute to check in because Mommy wanted me to let Vonda know about the possum. She told me her number was keyed in so I could just call you. I told her I would blog so everyone could read it. The possum is dead! Still laying there this morning. Daddy woke up complaining of alot of pain. He said the medicine wasn't working. Well, when I put his socks on him, I found a pain patch on the bottom of his foot, so he was getting it! He also had one on his back. But he went to lay down in the bed and when I went to help him, there were his two pain pills by his bed. He hadn't taken any all night! Tonight, I'm going to get up and give them to him. Every 4 or 6 hours, depending on what Trish and I decide to give him. He did drink his juice this morning and after I gave him a Lortab at 9 and a half of Percocet at 9:30, he got back up to the chair and wanted some cookies. He ate some muffins that Marcia had brought and 2 sugar cookies with milk. I just checked with him and he said the pain has let up. I am going to give him his pain meds before he has to ask for them and we'll see if we can't get ahead of the pain. I did tell him that the stronger the pain meds and the more we give him, it is more likely to cause him to feel "crazy". I wanted to let him know that we aren't just TRYING to make him feel this way. I told him we are trying to control the pain, but still not give him the amount that makes him feel "crazy", keep him from feeling sick to his stomach so he can eat, and keep him from being constipated. As you All know, That's getting harder and harder to do.