4 Months Old

Well, Isaac turned 4 months old yesterday. He finally had his g-tube surgery two days ago after waiting all day for it. They stopped his feeds at 4am that day and he had to wait all day without food. He had his surgery at 7:30pm and was finished within the hour. He did excellent. They were able to take the breathing tube out in recovery...what a trooper! Yesterday was a very long day for all of us. After recovering from his g-tube placement in PICU, they moved him back to the 15th floor. His surgeon requested that he still not have any feeds or liquids until this morning. So, Dad and I took turns holding him all day yesterday. He wouldn't even sleep for an hour at a time. So finally after what seemed like forever, this morning (at 10am), he was finally granted some pedialyte. I think he'll sleep pretty good today. We'll continue to work with him on mouth feeding but it'll probably take awhile. He also had his first physical therapist come to see him a few days ago. We learned how to help stretch out his neck for him to be able to move his neck on his own and how to help him start holding his head up. After the G-tube placement, we're one procedure closer to getting him home. He's got to have a heart catheterization to get his IVC ballooned. Its supposed to be a simple procedure but will still have to be put under that is scheduled for Monday. Please pray that things go well and that we can get our buddy home.

Physical Therapy





Post G-Tube: No tubes on my face!!!