Sunday, March 17, 2013

Improved pain - divine intervention?

We are pleased to report that Colleen's pain is finally tolerable. She is currently taking oxycontin 120 mg's three times per day. She is having trouble staying awake long enough to get homework done or to go to school. She is trying but has to take naps at school. She is also on neurontin 900mg's per day for nerve pain and elavil at night for nerve pain. She is sleeping 15 to 18 hours per day. The neurontin can cause drowsiness for a few days but we started that last monday. I was unable to get her up to go to church this morning or to go to school a few days last week. I am going to call the pain team at children's hospital tomorrow. Please pray for wisdom for the doctors so that we can get her on different meds that will not cause so much sleepiness. 
     She was scheduled to begin osteoporosis meds on thursday of last week to help her bones heal quicker. The only side effect which is remotely possible is osteonecrosis of the jaw which is very painful. No other children have ever developed this side effect, so we felt comfortable proceeding with the medication. The day before she was scheduled to start this medication, Colleen and I were sitting at the foot doctors office waiting for an appointment when a nurse that i used to work with walked in and we began talking about Colleen. She began telling me that her husband had developed osteonecrosis of the jaw from osteoporosis medications. She proceeded to explain that this was extremely painful and caused him much agony. I began thinking about this after our discussion. What are the chances that someone you know would sit next to you the day before your child was scheduled to start this medication and just happen to have a family member with the same problem? After further discussion with Len and the doctor,we decided not to go forward with the treatment. I feel as though God was directing our path to prevent this problem for Colleen. Chelsea thinks I am crazy but what are the chances that this would just happen randomly? The problem only occurs in 5% of adults that take the medication. I believe it was divine intervention. Call me crazy but God is good! Please continue to pray that her bones will heal quickly and her bones will stay intact and no arthritis will set in. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

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