Sorry for a late blog tonight. We are out of the ICU. Owen has been taken out of the ICU and into a step down unit next door. This is a good thing. Another small victory. We all had a rough day. Owen has not been tolerating his feeds as well today, he is not drinking very much and had vomit with every feeding today. This has been rough for Chelsea and I to watch because he was such a strong eater before surgery. We fix one thing and now there is a new problem . There are a lot of factors playing into why he does not want to eat and with time we will fix them but it is still hard and very frustrating for all of us. The "moose" is eating like a mouse. He is trying and you can see how frustrated he gets. I have discovered what ever he does is cute including vomit. Yes, I would still eat him. On the positive side of things, He has no IV's, No longer requires oxygen, just the feeding tube. This is the first time that we have seen him without any O2 on his face. Once he begins to tolerate food better and we work on some resp things he has going on, we can come home. Just a few more things to fix. Hope all is well.
-Chris
Welcome to parenthood, constant curve balls thrown your way. You always think after this problem is fixed, nothing else can bother me this much. Until one day you wake with an ulcer and realize anytime they are feeling any form of discomfort, your world gets turned upside down. Of course like any earthquake, there is a different Richter scale to each upheaval. Right now you passed through the big one!
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Hooray!! Keep it up Owen! Can't wait to read the day you say you are homeward bound! Take care and snuggle him!
ReplyDeleteThe only constant is change, for sure! We can count on that!
ReplyDeleteBrady used to barf up breast milk whenever I ate something he didn't like, like avocados or tomatoes. Could that be going on with Owen not liking something Chelsea's eating? I'm sure you have a team of experts figuring it out, just a thought. HUGE congrats on the step down, sounds like a major move in the right direction! Keeping my fingers crossed for you guys!! -Mikia
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