June 23, 2010

Will had a bit of a rough day yesterday. His epidural came out - which isn't horrible because he was due to have it evaluated and removed later that afternoon. So, since his epidural came out, he was allowed to have his crib back and be held (that was the good news). In addition, his IV line closed up and his other 3 limbs had already been tapped so they had to put the IV in a "last resort" spot...his head. So, mommy came in during his physical therapy session (not expecting him to be in physical therapy because he was still supposed to be in his bassinet due to still having the epidural in) and he had an IV line coming out from his head. In addition, he was screaming his head off. The physical therapist said he just started up...he was doing fine in the beginning. So, they checked him to see if maybe he just had a dirty diaper (he had not had a bowel movement since Wednesday). When they went to check, they noticed his G-tube (feeding tube) had come out! So, without having the epidural for pain relief, they had to quickly put it back in. Once it was in, they gave him some Tylenol...he finally relaxed, had a bowel movement, and was able to fall asleep. PHEW! He is currently taking 28ccs/hour of food continuously over a 24 hour period. Next Wednesday they will compress the 28ccs over 2 hours and work their way down from there as long as his stomach handles it ok.

Tenley is on 25ccs/hour of food continuously over a 24 hour period. Next Monday they will compress the 25ccs over 2 hours and work their way down from there as long as her stomach handles it ok. She had an aspirate this morning after they gave her the daily Iron and Vitamin supplements so they are going to give her one at time from now on to make it easier on her tummy.