Today marked Garrett’s last day on intravenous feeds. They stopped them this morning. He was getting nutrients straight into his blood stream up to this point. Now all his nutrition will come from his tube feeds and a daily vitamin. He is still getting regular doses of morphine to keep him comfortable. Since he is done with intravenous feeds, hopefully his PICC line in his arm will come out soon. I know it has to irritate him. Once the PICC line is out, he will only have his feeding tube down his nose and his oxygen cannulas on. They can still administer his morphine and other things through his feeding tube.
He is starting to look more and more like a normal baby as more tubes and wires get removed. I think he definitely has his days and nights confused, as most babies do. He likes to sleep all day and is usually wide awake about the time I am looking at heading home for the night.
Hopefully soon we will be able to try feeding him by mouth to see how it goes. I think they want to give him a little more time on the plain oxygen and make sure his vitals stay stable before we attempt it. It will be our next big step.
He looks so peaceful. What a precious little guy he is. I'm so so so happy he's still moving in the right direction. He's in our prayers every night.
ReplyDeleteHe is so handsome, Glad to hear he is doing well -Julia C-
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh! What a lot of accomplishments in such a short period of time! Yay Garrett! He is so sweet and peaceful. And he is incredibly adorable!
ReplyDeleteJanna---he looks so wonderful!! He is so adorable!! Grant is so handsome!! I will hopefully get up to see you all on Thursday--its my last Thursday at Glennon for 2 months:( Keep up the great work mama!!!!
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