POOP!
Austin has had a good first 24 hours post op. He got a couple doses of morphine yesterday, otherwise, tylenol has kept him fairly comfortable. He slept most of the night, up every couple hours, restless and wiggly. His incisions all look good. He has a midline incision that is about 2-3 inches long, he has the site where the ostomy was and then the new G-tube (MIC-key).
The surgery team was in this morning (a partner of Dr. Kreykes) and no changes today. We are just staying quiet and waiting for things to "wake up" and start moving.
He's also being seen by the hospitalist Dr. Pratt (and a group of residents). Biggest decision of the day was what to do with the 6 hours his TPN/lipids are cycled. Since he's not getting any breastmilk during that window of time, they were concerned with dehydration. So, they decided to continue to cycle his TPN/lipids and then just run some normal IV fluid during the off hours until he's able to restart his enteral feedings. Fingers crossed feedings will start tomorrow!
I was pretty excited to be able to get him out of bed and hold him this afternoon! He tolerated it well!
We're praying for another quiet night and just continuing on the journey to recovery! Way to go Austin, he's such a strong little boy!
Hugs,
Brian and Tara
Max and Austin
Austin has had a good first 24 hours post op. He got a couple doses of morphine yesterday, otherwise, tylenol has kept him fairly comfortable. He slept most of the night, up every couple hours, restless and wiggly. His incisions all look good. He has a midline incision that is about 2-3 inches long, he has the site where the ostomy was and then the new G-tube (MIC-key).
The surgery team was in this morning (a partner of Dr. Kreykes) and no changes today. We are just staying quiet and waiting for things to "wake up" and start moving.
He's also being seen by the hospitalist Dr. Pratt (and a group of residents). Biggest decision of the day was what to do with the 6 hours his TPN/lipids are cycled. Since he's not getting any breastmilk during that window of time, they were concerned with dehydration. So, they decided to continue to cycle his TPN/lipids and then just run some normal IV fluid during the off hours until he's able to restart his enteral feedings. Fingers crossed feedings will start tomorrow!
I was pretty excited to be able to get him out of bed and hold him this afternoon! He tolerated it well!
We're praying for another quiet night and just continuing on the journey to recovery! Way to go Austin, he's such a strong little boy!
Hugs,
Brian and Tara
Max and Austin
Awesome news, Tara!
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