Well yesterday late afternoon Dr. Hoh prescribed lortab for pain to replace the fioricet. Surprise surprise, this morning Holly woke up and started puking again. She then had to take anti nausea meds and she slept all day, it makes her so groggy I have trouble waking her up even shaking her. I am getting frustrated, it seems like since surgery the only troubles we have had are related to the medicines she has to take. Percocet and lortab make her puke, anti nausea meds either dont work or make her drowsy, fioricet makes her hyper and gives insomnia. So I called the doc again, I spoke to his PA, she said she believes Holly is impacted from the pain meds and this could become serious. So Holly is now trying two over the counter meds to make her poop again. So far no success. The PA said it is critical that she poops by tomorrow and I am to call and inform her tomorrow. So my question to her was what do I give Holly for pain when she goes to bed. Her answer was give her benedryl or tylenol PM and 30 minutes later give her the fioricet to take care of the pain and hopefully the sleep aids will counteract the caffeine in the fioricet. My bathroom looks like a pharmacy! I think this blog is turning into a listing of side effects of drugs and how they all are preventing Holly from just sleeping and healing. Since surgery I have been reporting about giving her drugs and more drugs to counteract the other drug and then give another drug to counteract that drug and ...

I am getting frustrated with drugs and their dang side effects. Why cant we just simply control the pain so she can sleep and heal. Please pray for all of these side effects to end and for the need for pain meds to end asap! Remember Holly is a tough one with a high pain tolerance, she had all three kids all natural with no pain meds. I guarantee if she says her head hurts that it is not a minor pain, but luckily the pain is mostly at night when she is lying down.