Showing posts with label Ventricles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ventricles. Show all posts

Friday, February 2, 2007

Feeding Tube Change

Toby had a pretty good night last night, he slept from about 11-7:30 a.m with just a few times when he became restless and needed his pacifier. I was thankful he rested so well, he's been needing some uninterrupted sleep. They're weaning him off of C-PAP today, and he seems to be doing well with it. We continue to wait.

Oh yes, I forgot to mention that his CT scan came back normal, his ventricles were completely collapsed, which means his shunt is working properly. Yeah! :)
Toby had an okay evening with daddy. They ended up having to change his feeding tube because upon x-ray they found his feeding tube was actually in his esophagus, instead of the valve that goes from his stomach to his intestine. They did take him off of C-PAP last night, and he seems to be faring well, he's on 0.5 liters of oxygen now. He only weighs 7 lbs. 2 oz., so he hasn't been growing much, pray he will continue to get stronger and gain weight. The ENT doctors are talking about doing a scope of his throat and vocal cords on Monday; he will probably be in the ICU through the weekend, so they can continue to monitor what he does without the C-PAP. Oh yes, something I hadn't mentioned is that his bladder is working great. He's out-putting the same amount he's in-putting, and when they cath him once a day they're getting less than 5 ml. Yeah! We hope this continues.