A normal post-surgery day at MGH. I wrote and sent out a status update yesterday. At 7:30, the medical team came by. They are familiar with my case but are not following in detail. It seems that I’m no longer interesting. I was a bit chilly but slept until 8:40 when the nurse came by to give me meds, after which I slept deeply until 9:15 when two Patient Care Assistants (PCAs) got me cleaned up and out of bed and into the recliner.

SLC stopped by to change the dressing on the right leg and install the brace.

The decision on rehab is pending, but our first choice of Whittier was turned down because of lack of beds. So I’m to go to Encompass Framingham. As of the time of writing it’s showing on the BCBS as pending June 23-29. The leg pain is pretty bad. I think it got a bit better overnight when I called for pain meds. Meghan stopped by with 30 mg oral morphine. It’ll take some time to kick in. I’ve not had hallucinations since switching. It’s hard to say if it’s more or less effective than oxycodone since the pain is in the ball of the foot on the right leg, and I still don’t have the ability to distinguish touch down there. It is worrisome. We’ll see what Encompass will do with it.