Drugs and more drugs! Today they started him on Amitriptyline for the Zoster virus...as well as Gabapentin 100 mg. He is getting 3cc of hydromorphone every hour as well as his other medications.His rash over his right eye has turned to oozing blisters. They are hoping that the virus (chicken pox) will clear up within 48 - 72 hours.
Mr. T likes his room dark and no noise. The pain he has is very similar to migraine pain. Noise & light can affect it. We keep the room as dark and quiet as we can.
Hydromorphone doesn't take away his pain....it just knocks him out...and when he wakes up...the pain is still there. There is nothing you can do but wait and hope it goes away on its own.
The only good thing about today is his white blood cells (WBC) are up to 0.2. This gives me hope!
Kidneys are still retaining fluid.
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