Stubborn

Unfortunately, Susanne had an eventful evening last night. Everything was going well until she started Paxton's nine o'clock feeding. At first, things appeared to be going smoothly. Susanne prepared his medications and his food just like always. She listened for tube placement, which appeared to be in the correct position. Susanne gave his first medication, which went through the tube easily. It was when she went to give the second medication that there was a problem. It would not go in. She tried listening for adequate tube placement again, but the air would not advance forward. She tried to flush the tube with some water, but the same problem occurred. She tried to visualize the tube in the back of Paxton's throat to see if there was a visible kink or if the tube was coiled on itself. She found nothing. This left her with only one thing to do...pull the tube out completely. She was not thrilled with this idea, especially since it took two people to do it the other day. She decided to call Scott for moral support. He sat with her on the phone the entire time. Susanne pulled out the NG tube and quickly found the problem. The aspirin that was supposed to be dissolved in the water it was mixed with decided to clump together and form an obstruction in the tube. Susanne had to work pretty hard at dislodging it from the tube. She forced air into the tube, then water, then air, and then water. It finally paid off after five minutes of hardwork and determination. The obstruction was removed and they were back in business. Now came the hard part. Susanne had to replace the tube through Paxton's nose. She was apprehensive about the whole thing because he cried so much the last time. She HATED seeing her baby upset, especially when she was the one causing him to be that way. Luckily, it went better than expected. He surpisingly sat very still for the whole thing. Susanne checked for tube placement. She was so happy that it was in the right place and functional once again. Let's hope this does not happen again.

The rest of the day went something like this...
prepare for NG feeding, change diaper, check tube placement, give medication, set up NG feeding, pump, disconnect NG feeding, clean up everything used during pumping and NG feeding, rest, and repeat.

Let's hope everyone has got Susanne's schedule down by now.