Kaden had an eventful day.
Earlier today he did some physical therapy. He was able to move from the bed to the chair in the room and sit there for a couple of hours. He was also able to walk down the hall and back. The physical therapist said that his goal for Kaden was just to get him to the door of his room, so he was happy that Kaden was able to go as far as he did.
Unfortunately, we think he over did things because he has had pretty bad nausea tonight. The ICU doctor prescribed him some phenergan (anti-nausea) medicine, but for whatever reason she prescribed it in a suppository form and not an IV form. So they spent some time trying to track her down to change the orders.
Meanwhile, Kaden was pretty sick and we thought he was going to vomit all over. Luckily, he was able to hold out and we were finally able to give him something for the nausea. They also gave him a different pain medicine. They think the pain medicine he has been on might be causing the nausea, so we are trying something different. It's all trial and error, as everyone reacts differently to different things.
We are trying to figure out what is causing the nausea. It might be the pain meds, the moving around, the fact that he hasn't eaten anything for a couple of days, or a combo of all 3.
With the new meds, he has been able to sleep a little bit and for now we have everything under control. Keeping fingers crossed that we can keep on top of it! :)
