Apparently Jacob decided food is overrated. Last night he refused to eat all of the milk he was supposed to have, a whole 18 mls, so they put a feeding tube in. Then this morning he was having diarrhea, so they cut his feeds in half. This afternoon he started throwing up, so they did an xray of his belly which showed distended loops of bowel. Unfortunately, they aren't sure how different that is from his normal because his small intestine is normally 3 times the diameter it should be. They also did some blood work, and it looks like he may have another infection. They also did more blood cultures and a lumbar puncture (spinal tap), but I don't know the results of those yet. They put him back on antibiotics again. They aren't going to feed him anymore for a while, and put in a tube to suck out his stomach contents so that his bowels can rest.
Steve and I knew there would be setbacks, but this still really sucks. I was kind of hoping he would be the miracle baby that just got all better in record time. That's not quite working out for me.
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well that's poopy...he's just watching his caloric intake...he's a health-conscious little boy :)
ReplyDeleteyall are still in our prayers every night!