back in the hospital

Sorry for not updating sooner...
Nolan's pain got really severe Wednesday night and Thursday we tried to control it but he was going through lortab like it was water. Nothing was helping at all. I took him into the ER at Scottish Rite Thursday afternoon and by that time his right eye was really swollen and had a constant stream of tears coming down. They did a CT scan, blood work and admitted him for pain control. Morphine didn't help much so they put him on a pain pump which seemed to bring the pain down from a 10 to a 5. It's been crazy today! He's been seen by oncology, neurology, the pain team and a ophthalmologist. We still don't know exactly what is going on but we are thinking cluster headaches (which are more severe than migraines and harder to treat), a really bad sinus infection or both. I really couldn't imagine a sinus infection being this bad unless it's not your average sinus infection. The CT scan was stable but his sinuses are packed all around the right eye and his right eye is swollen so it's sounding like this could be it. They started him on oral omnicef, which I'm a little upset about because with a sinus infection this severe I'm thinking bring out the IV antibiotics and lets kick this stuff! Oh well, that will be discussed tomorrow. In the meantime Nolan is miserable even with the pain meds. His pain increased a lot this afternoon but come to find out his port needle came out and he wasn't getting the pain meds :-( Now his chest is swollen and sore...

Please continue to pray! I feel like we are headed in the right direction but Nolan really needs some relief!!

Brittany