It's been a couple days since they halved Karen's morphine dosage, so yesterday evening they took it away entirely. They're trying to get her off the IVs and on oral pain killers. They put her on Norco - which is pretty much the same thing as Vicodin - but it just wasn't cutting it. Her pain level slowly climbed all night long and they eventually had to give her morphine again, but only every couple hours, not as a constant drip. So, once again, it was another rough night.
On the positive side, she was doing well enough that they didn't think she needed the morphine. She's completely off the oxygen. She's eating broths and Italian ice now. Oh, and she's even walking without a walker now. The PT guy "signed off" on her, which means she's free to get up and move or walk around without supervision.
