they were whacked at st mikes yesterday to have had her on a self administered dosing of morphine, especially after coming out of that surgery...
so of course every time she fell asleep the dose would expire and when she awoke she was in crazy pain pushing the button to get as much as she could to help with the pain...
so that is perhaps why it seemed so bad yesterday and this morning? she was up down up down. ..someone finally smartened up and got her on a regular dosage which would have been the smarter option yesterday...
kaiva
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phew- poor beta- a work in progress-
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tania
Actually, Kaiva, you can't get more morphine out by pressing more often, you can only get more in whatever increments they set, so if they've set it at 3 minutes, you won't get more morphine out by pressing every minute. So yes, falling asleep will make you miss available doses, but its not a over/under dosing situation.Self administering medication in pill form has its own dangers, so, in fact, those folks at the hospital atually do know a thing or two about what they're doing.
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