Finally some sleep!!

This morning I came into the NICU and the nurse informed me that Memphis had slept for 7 hours straight during the night last night. This is very exciting news since for the past two days he has not been sleeping due to withdrawal. Today, Memphis has been sleeping on an off all day and while awake he is content just hanging out. A day with very little withdrawal is a good one.

So, there has been talk about doing a feeding tube that is surgically inserted through the abdomen and Into the second part of the small intestines. This is because Memphis has been doing a whole lot of gagging and throwing up. Bypassing the stomach will help with less re-flux. We of course are hoping that he doesn't have to get this kind of feeding tube.
Today Memphis has only thrown up once so far! I asked the nurse practitioner today if we could change the fortifier he was getting to a sensitive stomach one. I feel like the fortifer was upsetting Memphis' tummy and contributing to alot of the re-flux. The nurses are giving him fortifier to help Memphis get all of the callories he needs to gain weight and grow. They went up on his feed to 30cc an hour of breast milk mixed with some BMC Sim Sensitive fortifier. Since he has been getting the Sim Semsitive and off all of the heavy drugs, he his holding things down much better. Keeping fingers crossed that Memphis won't need to bypass his stomach and he will be able to keep up the good digestion.


That's all for today, Memphis is just catching up on some much needed rest.