mmmm hard night

All night, sleeping for very brief periods, then startling awake--with or without external sound--& crying, crying, crying. Small fever in the middle, now back down. Not sure what's going on. Some seems like pain, but not all.

Morphine helps with this kind of pain--unlike the neural pain, which it doesn't touch--but I wonder if it also causes other distress. When he woke he seemed scared & distressed, almost psychotic-ish.

Earlier yesterday evening Larzylou had severe pain while dealing with post-stomach-surgery-gas (I've never heard anything like that before) and then with moving his bowels. Ouch.

Our little roommate pulled his j-tube all the way out early this morning. Lots of commotion there.

Yesterday when Lars was feeling good, the full-time in-patient communication enhancement person came by & brought him a CD player & small fan hooked up to a powerlink & a switch. We set them so when he pushes the button, they come on for 30 seconds, then shut off until he pushes the button again. He loves that.