"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote:

>In the meantime, he's on some serious pain meds. He's using fentanyl
>patches and oxycodone. He's disoriented, has slurred speech, isn't
>eating, and obviously sleeps a lot. He's supposed to walk with
>crutches, but he's lucky if he can shuffle his feet from one place to
>another. I wish we had a wheelchair.
>
>That's about it for now. I'll try to post another update when we know
>what's going to happen. I think he's in for a very long recovery,
>assuming that he does recover from this. Scary shit.
>
>Oh, and he won't let me cancel the cook-in, so that's still on, as
>Christy mentioned.
>
>Thanks for everyone's kind thoughts,
>Carol

Damn, Carol. No wonder he has slurred speech, etc. Oxycodone made me
sick as the proverbial dog. Not to mention combined with the fent.
Although, the side effects are marginal compared to the relief it must
give him given the current situation. Just a word of advice from my
wife - don't have too thin a skin and take anything he says too
seriously. He may say some really mean or silly stuff, what with the
combined effect of the pain and the meds. I'm being quite serious
here, Carol. If my wife had taken me too seriously in a similar
situation a few years ago, we'd be divorced now. I wish Crash all the
best, and particularly YOU, my friend. The caregiver can sometimes
wear out before the patient - pace yourself.