Baby Mason went on his first wagon ride at the hospital to visit Radiology for a upper gastrointestinal study. They wanted to make sure Mason has all the right components/functions for eating/swallowing. Barium liquid was injected into his NG tube and we were able to follow the flow from his esophagus, stomach, bladder and then into the small intestine. He passed with flying colors.
After a rough night, the team came in and told me they were going to reduce his calories from 24 to 28 calories to see if this reduced his diarrhea, the tube in his chest for the Chylo would be removed, even though it still leaked around the site a little, and he has slight Atelectesis. This is a slight build up of fluids in the lungs due to patients lying in bed for extended periods of time. It is quite common and there is no need for concern at this point. As he is freed from his final chest tube, he will be more mobile and we can hopefully get him more upright. Not too upright, the physical therapist said there should be no "tummy time" for 2 weeks after his chest closure.
The Occupational Therapist, Sandra, just left and we fed Mason his second feed through a bottle. He drank 22 ml-not quite double what he drank yesterday but still more. This is a big deal since in rounds this morning they wanted to push doing a g-tube by next week. This is a feeding tube through the gastrointestinal tract and is something I definitely what to avoid. It would mean another surgery, intubation, recovery etc. This little one doesn't need all that. He shows that he is a trooper as he worked hard to drink his "milk". We have to prove he can do it so we can avoid this surgery.
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