Day 44: Still Missing her Morphine

Not much to report today. The team decided to wean Vivienne's morphine again. She's already on the smallest dose they can give her, so today's wean and the next two weans focus on duration. Viv now gets her morphine every six hours instead of every four. The next wean will change the schedule from six to eight hours, and the final wean will increase it to every twelve hours. Small "rescue" doses will be administered on an as needed basis after the schedule is complete. Viv had an okay day overall. She was relatively content until about 6:00pm when she really started feeling the wean. She was showing all of the classic withdrawal symptoms and had another epic meltdown. Her nurse did end up giving her a rescue and she was calm when we left. Hopefully she will end up having a restful night.

Finally calming down after a 45 minute screaming fit.