Who needs a tube in their nose anyway?
The doctor has removed Mathias' feeding tube.
That means that there is only one way for food to get in and he has to eat on his own. They would be very reluctant to send him home with a tube in his nose so this is somewhat of a pre-requisite. Bottle feeding has not been a runaway success. He needs to bottle feed a couple of times a day for nutritional supplements. So in the next day or so we'll need to see drastic improvement or the pesky tube comes back.
Now that there is nothing, below are the various facial attachments we've had:
Day 1: on the ventilator
Day 11: on the air cannula and the blue feeding tube
Day 26: On the CPAP, the feeding tube and a pressure relief tube to his stomach (the CPAP has a tendency to push air into his stomach causing a bit of a balloon effect). 
Day 31: CPAP and a barely visible feeding tube
Day 44: back to the air cannula
Day 76: no tubes! Just a smile
That means that there is only one way for food to get in and he has to eat on his own. They would be very reluctant to send him home with a tube in his nose so this is somewhat of a pre-requisite. Bottle feeding has not been a runaway success. He needs to bottle feed a couple of times a day for nutritional supplements. So in the next day or so we'll need to see drastic improvement or the pesky tube comes back.
Now that there is nothing, below are the various facial attachments we've had:
Day 1: on the ventilator
Day 11: on the air cannula and the blue feeding tubeDay 26: On the CPAP, the feeding tube and a pressure relief tube to his stomach (the CPAP has a tendency to push air into his stomach causing a bit of a balloon effect). Day 31: CPAP and a barely visible feeding tube
Day 44: back to the air cannula
Day 76: no tubes! Just a smile
posted by Patrik at 5/29/2006 10:49:00 PM
5 Comments:
What a BEAUTIFUL picture - in soooooooooo many ways!!!!!!!!!!!! It was a treat to finally meet Mathias in person! Hope that the overnight went well!
Debbie
And what a smile it is! He is looking so good and it's hard to believe how far he has come. He will be home before you know it!
Beth
It's a beautiful smile! Soon you will be able to see it at home - how wonderful that will be!
YAY!! What a beautiful smile too :) Its great to see his face tube free!!
What a sweetie!
Love, Lydia
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