Ready, Aim, Fire!

Paxton woke up in the middle of the night again, but responded well to some calming words and cuddling arms. He slept well the rest of the evening, but he woke himself up with an unpleasant neverending episode of gagging and retching. Susanne noticed that his stomach always seemed to be full of air early in the morning. She suspected that this was from him breathing with his mouth open throughout the night and swallowing air in the process. This caused his little belly to be bloated as the sun would come up. Once he was awake enough to realize the situation, he needed to move things out one end or the other to get relief.

Therapy went well this morning. Paxton was smiling and laughing a lot more at the little things. He seemed to get really excited when he would get to play with his toys, especially his moose. He managed to produce two wet diapers within ten minutes of each other. Susanne thought he was all finished for the time being, but she was so wrong. Susanne was on the phone when he let loose in his diaper. During the call, she had been holding him in her lap so she could interact with him at the same time. She didn't get to fully assess the situation until she wrapped up the conversation. She quickly realized, that he had managed to squirt out the back of his diaper and cover her pajama pants with his business. She had to be very careful when she picked him up to move off of her bed. She successfully transported him to a bathroom sink without leaving a trail behind. She was thankful that she had wipes close by while on the bed. This was her only saving grace. She bathed Paxton first and put him back down for a nap. She then had to shower herself to clean up the aftermath from the explosion. She couldn't believe how accurate his aim was when he put his mind to it. All she could do was laugh. Mommy loved her smelly little boy.

Susanne was able to schedule the next appointment needed to complete the process for Paxton's G tube placement. She was still shocked at how many specialists he needed to see in order to schedule the one procedure. Hopefully, the surgery would be within the next two weeks. She wasn't excited about him having to stay in the hospital again, but she was hoping the G tube would be another step in the right direction.

Susanne had a continuing education course at her work this evening. She planned on taking Paxton with her. She hoped that he would be able to hang in there throughout the meeting. He was usually a very well behaved baby and was not known to cause a scene. Maybe the extra entertainment would tire him out and set him up to sleep well throughout the whole night