It's time for some action

That's my motto for today. We need some action with Jay and his treatment so that we can get out of this joint.

I'm happy to report that Jay finally got some stronger pain meds and muscle relaxers (after asking for these for over 24 hours) from his attending doc, as well as a steroid (shock! something I suggested a few days ago), and is able to sit up and walk to the bathroom. This is very good news, as the spasms had pretty much crippled him to the point he couldn't move at all. He literally laid in one position in the bed for probably 18 hours straight. So when he said he wanted to try to get up yesterday, I was relieved.

His attending doc (not the neuro doc) has assigned a pain management doctor to Jay. I'm not overly excited about this, as we'd like to fix the problem to get rid of the pain, not "manage" the pain. He came in last night right after Jay sat up for the first time in a day, didn't even introduce himself other than letting us know he is the pain management doctor, asked Jay what his pain level was (a question he HATES), said he would come back to discuss treatment options with us, and then disappeared. And the next round of meds were prescribed by him, to which Jay and I had a lot of questions (because it was different than what the attending prescribed, and Jay had only had one dose of thossee meds so we didn't have a chance to find out if they really worked or not) that the poor nurse couldn't really answer. The drugs pretty much knocked Jay unconcious, to which he said he doesn't want anything that strong again. So, that doc has already pissed me off. Have the respect and courtesy to talk to us before you go pumping drugs in Jay's system. Which I guess is the difference between us and a lot of other patients. I've noticed that a lot of people just lay there and take whatever is prescribed without asking questions. That seems crazy to me. Jay wants to feel better, but he also doesn't want to be drugged up on so many meds that he barely knows who he is and is afraid to move because he doesn't know if he's hurting or not. He wants to be treated to fix the problem. If it's just a herniated disc or two, then what are our options? PT? A shot? Chiro? Laying in a bed for four days certainly can't be a viable option.

We're now waiting on the results from the second MRI that Jay had done yesterday. Hopefully this will give us some answeres. If not, it's time for some action!

So that's why I say we need some action. And I'm going to ask the docs what their plan is and how soon we can get started. If we're just going to pump drugs in his system, I can do that at home, where a) Jay can be more comfortable, and b) it won't cost so much. God only knows how much this hospital visit is costing us. We may have to take out that second mortgage after all...