When we left the hospital on Saturday night, Evan had lost the use of his IV. His veins are pretty shot from having so many IVs and 4 or 5 nurses had spent about an hour trying to find a new vein. The doctors decided to leave the IV out for the night and just administer very small doses of morphine as needed. Evan's feeds were increased as he was no longer receiving nutrition supplement from an IV.
When we came in to the hospital in the morning, we noticed that he had a stomach vent in. Over night, they had taken an chest X-ray. While Evan's lungs still look good, his intestines were very distended. His stomach is still soft and doesn't show any signs of the distention though. They stopped feeds and put in a tube that will suction the air out. Unfortunately, any air that is in the intestines will have to work its way out via a toot. Looking at the X-ray, Mr. Pants is going to be very gassy for the next few days.
This was kind of hard to deal with since we were hoping that he would maybe be extubated today (or at the latest Monday). The new plan for extubation is Tuesday as the ENT doctors aren't hearing much of an air leak.
you guys are my heros :) boss parents at 12 weeks :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for keeping us all updated. I'm sure your hearts are heavy that Evan is not home with you. He's getting the best (medical) care possible. Hopefully he'll be back in your arms and in your home soon. I'm sending lots of love, gentle hugs & kisses, and lots of prayers too. xox
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