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Monday, December 6, 2010

Barfing Baby

Well, it is pretty obvious to us that it wasn't the breast milk Hazel didn't like. She's been on Elecare for a couple of days and today decided she'd had enough. Her feeds were increased overnight and again this morning and then she started barfing. She had one huge spit up when we were there his morning. When I went back this afternoon, she spit up about 6 more times within 30 minutes. It was heartbreaking. Her feeds have been stopped again and the doctor is stopping her caffeine as well as a couple other meds to see if they are causing her to have an upset tummy. She was switched to the nasal cannula earlier today to try and reduce the amount of air she was getting in her tummy. So far, she's been doing okay on it, but it didn't help her feeding problem. The doctor is hoping to figure out why she's having this problem soon so he doesn't have to do a big workup on her. Please pray that she'll tolerate her feeds when they start again and that she'll do well on the nasal cannula. It's great to see her face again!

Jude was switched to a different type of ventilator today. This one controls volume rather than pressure and will hopefully help him stay more stable. We're still praying that he gets off it completely very soon. Our goal for him is Friday, but we're not sure what his goal for himself is. :) He's in control right now and we just have to be patient with him.

Hazel and Jude will both be having eye exams tomorrow. Please pray that everything looks good!

1 comment:

Tracy said...

Poor thing! Will be praying that this issue is resolved and soon!