We had a visit from the PT and OT at about 11:30 to get Annie to sit up for the first time. She had been asking about it for hours but screamed and cried when we actually sat her up for about 20 seconds. I was told to get her moving as much as possible now, but she is not interested yet. We took out the catheter and raised her bed up for lunch, then she rested (in tears). The pain doctors came by and gave her oxy and said we can discontinue through morphine drip, so with the veritable cocktail in her system, she shouldn’t be feeling pain from the incision site. I think it’s actually just being so stiff from reclining in bed for the past 24+ hours. We did unhook her from the IV hydration bag because we can use her g tube to hydrate, if necessary. I dumped all of her leftover milk after breakfast and lunch through the tube, figuring we need to get things moving through her system. She had a failed attempt to use the portable commode the first time after lunch (but held herself up, wailing, for ten minutes) then rested for an hour and just finally had success trying again. She is crying a lot every time we move her and hasn’t tried to bear weight on her legs at all yet, but it’s heartening for me to see that she *can* move her legs and hold herself up, even if she doesn’t want to.
I don’t think she’s going to be a particularly dedicated patient in rehab, judging from today. She just wants to stay in bed and not move. We really need her to get some sleep so she’s in a better mood to try!
I have yet to leave the room today. She wants me within sight at all times. The one time I went into the attached bathroom to take a shower this morning, one of the machines started beeping as soon as I had shampoo in my hair. Sigh.