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Well the nausea persists... She is not vomiting but is nauseated and food sounds horrible. I am making sure she is hydrated and eating what ever I can get her to eat. We have been reading about nausea after a craniotomy on the internet and it is quite common. I pray it ends soon. She is weak and has lost 17 pounds in 19 days. Not the way anyone wants to loose weight.

She is also experiencing some insomnia. Again one of the side effects of a craniotomy which has been magnified by taking fioricet. She has only had three fioricet pain pills in two days. I dont think that it is proper to not take pain meds when in pain but she says anything including pain is better than nausea.

Other side effects include hearing swishing in the head, a thumping or tapping noise in the head, jaw pain and an inability to open her mouth as far as before. She is also experiencing what are called the heebie jeebies, or random firing of nerves in her head which cause twitches and shooting minor pain sensations. The area of the scull which was removed is also really itchy but when she scratches it she cant feel her fingers touch it. All of these are common side effects and usually dissipate with time and are caused by the nerves reattaching and reactivating. These definately cause stress and crazy worrisome thoughts.

Please pray she can get over the nausea and be able to eat so she can regain her strength, also pray for the insomnia to cease, and the side effects to go away soon. Please pray for my endurance and patience to care for Holly and the kids.