Posted by Jennifer H on 4/26/2008, 7:42 am
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Jackson's repair was on Tuesday, it went well and he is doing well medically but I will admit recovery is tougher than I expected. Last night was the 4th night post surgery and his longest stretch of sleep was a few one hour blocks, but more typically he will sleep 30 minutes and then need to eat, get pain meds, or be jiggled back to sleep (plain old rocking is not vigorous enough to calm him down). He doesn't seem to be in too much pain during the day and takes a few short naps, so I think the night-waking is due to the lost bottle and lovey, and the no-nos. And I think I read anesthesia disrupts sleep. We have tried holding him in recliner or in our bed and he still wakes all the time, we would have to physically rock all night and maybe he would sleep longer. I think we are going to do this in shifts tonight.
What I am wondering is, when does this get better??? I expected to be sleep deprived, but it is getting pretty grueling so I am just looking for a time frame, so I can focus on the light at the end of the tunnel. Does it take a week to break the habit of past crutches such as pacis and bottles; or are we talking the full 3 weeks he has the no-nos on? Or longer? No need to sugar coat it, I am just trying to get a goal for my own sanity.
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