Week 16 – Day 4

This morning we had to take Trevor to the doctor for his next Synagis shot. He wasn’t real happy about it! He weighed 13lbs 15oz!!!!

Then Gramma and I went to the hospital to see Brendan. We had hoped that if he had a great day, he could come home as early as tomorrow. But when we walked in, he was in bed looking awake and a little concerned. His heart rate was 210 and he started to cry when he saw me. After that, he just could not get settled and comfortable and his heart rate skyrocketed to the 220’s.
The doctors still believe that it is the damage in his esophagus causing his pain and that he needs to heal. He had a few episodes of vomiting so the feeding tube is slipping up in to his stomach some, because he is still able to bring up formula.
They were taking him down to radiology to push the feeding tube deeper to be an NJ tube (NasoJeJunal) to make it more stable. They had to dose him some Ativan to get him calmed down so there will be no coming home tomorrow.
They also think his heart rate could be from coming off of the Precedex too quickly after pulling his IV out.

This was Brendan before he started his meltdown. He threw up on his bulldog beanie baby so they brought him a new one. We had to have a little talk about how this will not be the case at home!! If you throw up on your toys, you do not get a free replacement!

This was after he was doped to relax

Gramma continues to spoil Trevor. She bought him a BIGGER anteater in order to try to control the ants in the bed problem! This one went straight to work

This anteater likes Trevor

Trevor tells the small old anteater “You’re Fired!!”

I can’t look at this without laughing

We are going to hope that Brendan’s change in feeding tube will give him a much better day. He really needs to heal so we can get him back where he belongs.

Gramma got a super stylish haircut today on top of it all! Figures she would find a nice stylist 1800 miles from home. Now she has the same problem as me!!

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