Hospital UPdate
Well, he's been recovering nicely and I think we were a few hours from release, but now that's not looking so good.
He seems to be having some troubles with feedings and they're not likely to let me bring him home until they get a handle on that.
I'm so torn right now on how to feel about that. On one hand, I know that he sometimes does that(loses a little bit of feedings sometimes) and I think we'd both rather go home. But I am not so selfish of a mother to want to risk his health by taking him home before he's ready. Everything else is proceeding nicely. His surgery site is healing fairly well, his vitals are good, he's sleeping pretty well at night on his own bipap machine. But the feedings are a bit of an issue right now and the site in his neck where the IV was placed right before surgery is getting more and more irritated by the day and it's not helping that they have to keep changing the dressing on it because he throws up on it(sorry for the gross factor here).
I feel like screaming in frustration right now and have just had to calm myself from the tears that started flowing. I haven't cried all week and today I guess the damn is just breaking.
I don't mean to whine to all of you if you're reading this, but I thank you for listening to me vent my frustrations.
I'm sure they'll figure it out and we'll be home in no time.
***HUGS***
He seems to be having some troubles with feedings and they're not likely to let me bring him home until they get a handle on that.
I'm so torn right now on how to feel about that. On one hand, I know that he sometimes does that(loses a little bit of feedings sometimes) and I think we'd both rather go home. But I am not so selfish of a mother to want to risk his health by taking him home before he's ready. Everything else is proceeding nicely. His surgery site is healing fairly well, his vitals are good, he's sleeping pretty well at night on his own bipap machine. But the feedings are a bit of an issue right now and the site in his neck where the IV was placed right before surgery is getting more and more irritated by the day and it's not helping that they have to keep changing the dressing on it because he throws up on it(sorry for the gross factor here).
I feel like screaming in frustration right now and have just had to calm myself from the tears that started flowing. I haven't cried all week and today I guess the damn is just breaking.
I don't mean to whine to all of you if you're reading this, but I thank you for listening to me vent my frustrations.
I'm sure they'll figure it out and we'll be home in no time.
***HUGS***