Friday, February 18, 2011

Our Hero!

Scott said something yesterday - he said his brother Mike, has always been his #1 hero - well, Mike, I'm really sorry to say this; hope you don't feel bad, but now Scott said you're #2, and Tara's #1. You're both amazing and so inspirational!

We just watched Tara suffer the most pain she's had since she had those knife splitting headaches before surgery.  She knew it was coming - the freedom from tubes in her head also came at a price.  She wasn't going under anaesthetic to remove those tubes.  The nurse tried to prep her and gave her 5 milligrams of morphine, then 5 more to equal 10!  During those nighttime morphine drops, Tara only got 2 milligrams of morphine - just to give you an idea how hard the nurse was trying to stop the pain.  Unfortunately, all the pain killers don't really work too well on SKIN - it has all those nerve endings that pain killers don't help too much with.  It brings back memories of a child of mine who was burned years ago and those nerve endings just killed no matter how much Tylenol III plus codiene he got!  So, now Tara is  almost asleep thanks to the morphine.  Dr. Smith wisely sent his assistant to pull out Tara's tubes - NOT a fun job for sure.  Suffice it to say; the tubes are out and then she had to suffer something worse than that - he put 4 staples in her head where the tubes were!  Ouch!

I guess this gives new meaning to the "no pain, no gain" theory.  Now Tara is free to walk around the room; not be checked every single hour, get out of her beautiful hospital gown, etc.  I am hoping she will start to feel so much better.  She is a brave girl and I hope this is the end of the suffering.  She bears it well.... our hero...

4 comments:

Heidi said...

Ugh, that sounds awful (though necessary). I really hope you get a better night after all that, Tara. It would be nice to be able to get up out of bed a little, I bet. We love you and are still praying.

Susan said...

I asked Shauni if she knew how they were going to take out the tubes. I guess I didn't want to know. We are thinking of you and we pray for Tara . . . and her parents!

Jackie said...

I have been following Tara's blog for a few months now. Her strength (and that of her family) are incredible and inspiring. Prayers being sent for all of you.

trishabarry said...

YOU ARE AMAZING. INSPIRING. AND FABULOUS! Keep up the good work on healing... and resting! we love you tons! you are always in my thoughts and prayers! much love... trisha