Another good day...

Memphis has slept real well on and off all day today, he will probably stay up all night because of it. Mom is going to have to get on a knew sleeping schedule if this continues.

His withdrawal today is minimal.

Memphis has only thrown up once today, this morning after his meds. I think that changing his fortifier really helped him. But, even though he is throwing up less Memphis is still losing weight. In the past week he has gone from weighing 11 pounds 15 ounces, to now weighing 10 pounds 14 ounces. Because of the weight loss the surgeon has decided to go ahead and give Memphis the TP tube. This tube will bypass the stomach completely and go into the intestines. This will allow Memphis to get what he needs without re-flux. He will keep this tube until he gains a good amount of weight and then they will pull the tube back out some to where it is back in the stomach. It will then become a NGT tube again. This is a set back for Memphis as far as feeding goes and of course us getting home. But the more weight Memphis gaines and the more he grows the better he will heal. So looking at it that way, this TP tube will help Memphis with what he needs most which is to grow healthy.


The TP tube will be trickier to get in than it would another baby because his intestines are not in the normal placement due to being up in the diaghram before. Well keep you posted on the TP tube.