My Family Goes Home

I'm starting with unfinished business from my previous blog.   The good news is the doctor put me on antibiotics  which seems to have dealt with my infection - assuming that was what was causing my fever.  To prevent further issues I contacted my case manager and the Visiting Nurses Assoc. and discussed my situation with her. Among other things I requested that only nurses with experience changing the kind of dressing I'm using be sent to me.  So far my request has been responded to but I am certain I'll need to continue to call Sandy to discuss the kind of help I need.
I am walking better with the walker but am continuing to experience quite a bit of pain.  Why the doctors order the pain pills to be taken every 6 hours remains a mystery to me.  I have made it past 4 only once when I was awake and a few times at night when I slept 5-6 hours.  Pain, pain and more pain feels like the story of my life right now.  From everything I've heard and read it's important not to let the pain get too bad.  On the other hand the residents who write my prescriptions seem to have been taught that enduring pain for as long as possible is a good thing.  Who is teaching them this?  Are we determined to ignore all research?  Patients in pain heal more slowly or is that just a story someone made up?
My brother and sister in law came from Connecticut and stayed with us Friday and Sat. nights.  My daughter and granddaughter came from Williamsville and stayed with my son in Ann Arbor Friday - Monday.  Enjoyed the opportunity  to be with my brother and sister in law.  Unfortunately I didn't get too much time with Wendy(my daughter) and  Haley, (my granddaughter).  But it was better than not seeing them and at least we got in some talking time.
It appears that Greg and Pam managed to plan time for all of them that encouraged them to engage in games and stay away from the computer.  I was happy that my bother had time with my family.
Another dressing change yesterday left me in lots of pain which finally let up sometime during the night. Spent the day in invalid mode hoping the redness around my wounds would subside.  I'm fearful that my skin graft will need to be postponed and am not sure I'll handle this well.