One more night...

Susie here again. Looks like they will be keeping Beth in the hospital tonight. They are a tad worried about a fever she's had on and off. They were slightly concerned it could be an infection in the portacath but it's not red and swollen or painful so they doubt that's it. Because the surgery was in the lung area they said it's fairly common to have a fever post-surgery. They gave her an antibiotic this morning to help stiffle anything that might be happening. She is still working through the pain management, had a tough night last night testing out what it would be like to use just the pills and give up on the liquid pain meds. Wasn't good. So she talked with the team this morning and is going to try out a longer lasting pain medicine, something that lasts 12 hours which can be subsidized with other things in between as needed. Hopefully that will allow better sleep through the night and better overlap to keep pain at bay. Thanks as always for your comments and for checking in!