And some steps back. Yesterday the attending asked us to attempt food before going to IV nutrition. Aimee had a tough time with a tiny attempt. We backed off, but it set her back on her tolerance of liquids. Today they wanted to do a wound VAC sponge change and move her to the new machine. The machine is not functioning correctly, so we had to stick with the inpatient one. They gave her some meds to help with the sponge/dressing change, but those caused her to be nauseous and vomit since she hasn’t had any food. We tried to get her some nausea meds through the IV, but her IV was going bad. Waited for the IV team. Managed to find a still good vein after a bit of prodding and poking. Got the new IV. Got the anti-nausea meds. Finally got the sponge for the wound changed. It was pretty horrible to see. So wide and so deep.
Such a draining, exhausting day.
We will attempt to get her back on some g-tube fluids again tonight after her c-tube flush and see how that goes. Hopefully by tomorrow afternoon we will back to where we were yesterday afternoon.
One fun part of this stay is that little Walter is a celebrity around here. So many of the nurses worked with us in the weeks leading up to his arrival. They are all so excited to stop by our window to see him or even gown up to come in our room, meet him, and learn his name.
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