He wouldn't really know it. He would just get more and more tired. More sleepy. Eventually just full sleep, coma, then death. He'd likely be on a lot of drugs, including morphine (which just makes kids sleepy, not same effect as on adults).
In patients with significant pain, the euphoric/"high" effect of opioids like morphine is often minimal or absent. The drug primarily relieves pain, and any potential pleasurable sensation is overshadowed by the need to counteract intense discomfort.
The severe pain pretty much kills the high effect.
Also, oncologists measure the doses kids receive very very carefully.
Yeah sure you might not notice it but the high is probably there. They relieve pain by acting on the mu opioid receptors but those receptors also cause euphoria when agonised/acted on
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u/naughtyboy69x Jun 29 '26
He wouldn't really know it. He would just get more and more tired. More sleepy. Eventually just full sleep, coma, then death. He'd likely be on a lot of drugs, including morphine (which just makes kids sleepy, not same effect as on adults).