Exhausting Monday!  I went to work early today due to knowing that we were going to see Dr. Hatch at some point today.  The dr. office called to say we needed to be there at 9:15 - so I had to step it up a bit to get there.  Dr. Hatch has to be one of the most caring Dr.'s ever.  They shot some dye in R's Eipdural Cathater to see what was going on.  What he discovered was there is quite a bit of scar tissue that has surrounded itself on the tubing inside R's back and it is not allowing the medication to get to the root of the pain.  We knew going into the ordeal that this was a temporary fix.  He would like to put a pain pump into his back that would be there forever.  So at this moment Dr. is clearing the hurdles to get that accomplished.  When you are in hospice care - things work a little differently but we are understanding that isn't as difficult as we thought and tomorrow we should have an answer as to when they will put the permanent pump in - more than likely yet this week. 

He is having some pain issues starting to be persistant - bringing back the memories of the bad pain and he has a huge fear that he is going to hurt like that again.  Pray that we get the ball rolling on the permanent pump to get him some relief and comfortable once again. He has done very well for a good deal of time now. We need to get back to that good comfort level.   Please pray for a restful and comfortable night and a good day tomorrow to begin a new month.  Spring can't be far - We hope!!