Last night Adam began to complain more and more about pain in various places (legs sometimes, back a lot and neck and head). He had a pretty bad night and was in a very bad place much of today. We moved to stronger pain killers but the relief was short-lived and he was having trouble with basic activities. It became clear that something was amiss and by midday the doctors were scheduling some imagery (CT scan with dye) to take a look at the catheter position. This is not the usual response to the catheter placement. He was gone from about 3PM-5:30PM getting scanned. By this point he was given some Morphine. The scans didn't show anything clearly problematic but they did back out the catheter a few inches. They had some theories about what might be causing the trouble, but basically they don't really know. But he has been much, much better since coming back from the catheter adjustment. He has been alert and his old self this evening and even now at 9 PM when his earlier narcotics have pretty well worn off, he has only minor discomfort.
Big storms missed us just to the north this evening. And big storms of pain left Adam around the same time. We have yet to get to do any assessment of how the Baclofen might or might not help him. They suspended it for a good chunk of the day and he was in no shape for Physical Therapy testing.
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So sorry to hear things have been so difficult. We are thinking about you all and hoping for the best for Adam. Thanks, as always, for keeping us up-to-date on the process.
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