Discomfort

One of the more difficult things to deal with in raising a child who cannot express herself in words, is when she is in apparent pain or distress. Last night C clearly flinched and cried a cry of pain a few times when I tried to reposition her in bed. But it is so hard to tell what/where the pain is. Is it a hand or foot? Arm or leg? Is it the G-tube? When I physically manipulate her arms and legs I was unable to elicit the pain again, which makes me think it was more internal. At any rate, last night was an uncomfortable might for C. She actually slept OK, just cried out a few times. She had two large BMs yesterday, but still was having some gas at bedtime, so perhaps something bothering her gut. No vomitting which is always the big telltale sign that something is truly wrong, but we'll have to watch the pain meter.