She is on 150mg of time-released morphine a day, and ora-morph
and oxycodone for pain spikes
and breakthrough pain. She is still crying
and screaming much of the time for the pain. Her heart beats so rapidly at such times that it does not complete each beat and her blood pressure drops (tachycardia)--making her look over medicated due to lack of O2 to her brain, when in fact just the opposite is true with regard to the pain medication.