The resident NICU doctor called us around 10 AM this morning to tell us that they are going to start to use James’ G-tube to feed him Pedialyte. If everything goes smoothly and there doesn’t seem to be any issues with the G-tube, they will start breastmilk later today or…
When we got to the NICU in the afternoon James had nothing on his face! The ventilator they put him on after surgery yesterday had been removed, and he no longer had the NG- and NJ-tubes coming out of his nose. He has to feel so much better with that…
Not much news to report yesterday so I didn’t feel the need to post about it. The only thing that happened is they stopped Reglan and Pepcid in preparation for his g-tube and fundoplication surgeries today. Surgery was scheduled for 11:45 am, but he didn’t go down to…
NICU Day 39 Stacy and her mom went to see James today. Stacy said that he turned his head towards her when she approached the crib and said, “hello buddy”. She said that he seemed to be awake most of the day with his eyes open and his mouth closed.…
NICU Day 37 Lazy Sunday in the NICU. Not much happened today besides hanging out with James. We’re still waiting on the pH probe results. I guess they haven’t been read yet. Hopefully tomorrow. NICU Day 38 James is up to 80 ml of breastmilk. An ENT came…
One of the NICU doctors said we should have a meeting on Tuesday of next week and hopefully have G-tube surgery shortly after that. He said that there is no rush on having this surgery. James was put back on Pepcid and Reglan for reflux and GI. The NICU nurse…
James was sating in the low 60s for about half an hour this morning. He had 3 desatting spells and they used a bit of air flow to pick him back up. He wasn’t taking enough big breaths to fill his lungs with oxygen. They eventually took the NJ-tube out…