Have had a busy couple days for Randy.  He is still in the hospital.  Here is a time line of what has happened.

Tuesday was the pain clinic appointment and admission to hospital.
Wednesday they really didn't do much.  Just increased his morphine by 5 mg and hydrate him.  Ate 2 cans of food.

Thursday they did blood tests and an X ray.  Worked on helping clear out the plumbing. Continued to use morphine and hydrate him. Later in the day decided to switch over to Hydromorphone,  this is a synthetic morphine.   Also he has a subcutaneous IV line with a button on it to give himself a small shot of pain relief every 1/2 hour if needed.   Ate 2 cans of food.

Friday was a busy day.  They decided to do the Coeliac Plexus block to help with the pain originating from his liver pushing on a nerve.  This is done with CT guidance.  They did a mistake down in the CT Scan area and pushed some of the dye into his sub q line instead of his actual IV line.  It did cause a burning pain in his arm and some swelling at the site of the injection.  After the procedure Randy's pain level went down to 1 !!!!  First time in so long that the pain is not causing him grief.  They did find that his hemoglobin was quite low so he had 2 units of blood.  He did not sleep much Friday night.
Saturday Randy was completely worn out.  I got to hospital around noon and he slept all day.  His pain is still at 1.  Just needs to recoup from the busy week and let the new blood work.  The swelling in his arm has moved to his elbow and forearm,  there is no pain which is good.  Did not have to use the button for extra pain relief at all today as he didn't need it.  Amen, Alleluia

“The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.” — Ben Okri