When Gabe woke up about 7PM he threw up a little bit. Luckily the nurse was already there at the bedside and quickly had the suction device in his mouth to make sure none of it went down the airway. He battled with that for about 20 minutes. It was mostly just the white milky stuff that was coming from his feeding tube.
So the feeding tube is out for now apparently Gabe's had enough of that. The attending doctor came in and listened to his chest and reported that he sounded pretty good. They will put another kind of tube in tomorrow that will go all the way through the stomach and into the intestine - apparently they have an X-ray machine that will allow them to see the tube as they are putting it in. All this so that his stomach wont have anything in it to expel like what happened tonight. He's also on some medication to help with the nausea.
We watched Duke lose horribly and then Mizzou win. So we're two for four tonight.
Nancy just got back from taking a shower - promptly fell asleep next to me here in Gabe's room.
I cant believe Gabe has been in this bed for 5 straight days. I'm ready for some great news tomorrow. We hope and pray.
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I hate to hear that they have to place a feeding tube in him. I hope he had a peaceful night.
ReplyDeletexo to you all.
joni