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<\/a><\/p>\nThe button is the part that was on his belly, the balloon is the part that was in his stomach that holds the whole thing in place. The long tube goes through his stomach and in to his intestine. Or it did until the food line got caught in the recliner chair. POP! Out comes the whole contraption.
\nIn the past, we would have been crying because placement of this tube has to be done in interventional radiology at the hospital and we would have been packing our bags.
\nBut since Brendan has done super super well with food going to his stomach, we were able to put in a new button at home (one that does not have the length of tube past the balloon).
\nPOP! New button in place and all was well.
\nWe were waiting for the day that we could change this out. The new button is so much better. It is smaller, it can be rotated to be cleaned. The old button was leaky and held open the pyloric valve in his stomach with the long tube. Hooray for accidents with happy endings. <\/p>\n
Trevor slept in and missed all the fun. He woke with a little bit of an attitude. It was 18-month checkup day at the pediatrician’s office. We were in the Dr. Seuss themed room today. Brendan is feeling slightly better again today. We are slowly making our way back to healthy. Trevor is filling out the survey about development. The doctor said that they were both amazing. He says that Brendan’s lungs sound beautiful and clear. 18 month stats:<\/p>\n Brendan – 33 inches tall, 25lbs 7oz, 19.5 inch head They didn’t get shots but they got a TB skin test and came home with a bandaid on their arm. Brendan kept trying to shake his off. Trevor just picked his off. Trevor and I ran to the store because we were almost out of milk. Trevor has these new faces that he makes for me that are quite funny. He has one that is a “yeah, right” look, he has a very angry scowl that he used on the nurse with the needle today. Then he has this one, the “I don’t want to be here” grumpy face. I have to try to catch the angry face because it is a real award winner. He is all full of attitude lately!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today started out with a bit of drama! This is Brendan’s feeding tube on the kitchen counter. The button is the part that was on his belly, the balloon is the part that was in his stomach that holds the … Continue reading
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\nWe will get the follow up chest xray on Friday to be sure everything is improving. <\/p>\n
\nTrevor – 34.3 inches tall, 25lbs 2oz, 19 inch head<\/p>\n
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