21st January 2011 - part of an email from Tracy
Jonathan's been fine during the night but when they looked at his aspirates, there were chunks of stuff back in there so they've decided to stop the feeds via the mouth for now and the gastro surgeons are doing another x-ray this afternoon to make sure there aren't any obstructions higher up in the gut. (The results of the tests showed that stuff was flowing through his gut, but a lot slower than expected ... so they've to stop the feeds and give his stomach a bit more time to see if it works itself out).
The cardiologists want to take some more pictures to make sure they know where the blood flow in a particular area is going so they're doing some more imaging stuff this afternoon, there was mention of using saline or something to get a clearer picture. (The results of this scan showed that the part they were looking it was behaving as it should - but he still has his VSD + DORV).
They have no cots available at King's at the moment so they're waiting for a cot to become available and he will then be transferred there for more observations before they go ahead with anything. They'll let us know before anything happens. (The team of neurosurgeons are based at Kings hospital at Denmark Hill, so they think it's best if he's transferred their for observation first before they operate to insert the shunt for his hydrocephalus).
Just in case you thought he was always a peaceful baby, here's one of him crying:
But he usually is quite happy and most of the time sleeps peacefully, like this:
Jonathan's been fine during the night but when they looked at his aspirates, there were chunks of stuff back in there so they've decided to stop the feeds via the mouth for now and the gastro surgeons are doing another x-ray this afternoon to make sure there aren't any obstructions higher up in the gut. (The results of the tests showed that stuff was flowing through his gut, but a lot slower than expected ... so they've to stop the feeds and give his stomach a bit more time to see if it works itself out).
The cardiologists want to take some more pictures to make sure they know where the blood flow in a particular area is going so they're doing some more imaging stuff this afternoon, there was mention of using saline or something to get a clearer picture. (The results of this scan showed that the part they were looking it was behaving as it should - but he still has his VSD + DORV).
They have no cots available at King's at the moment so they're waiting for a cot to become available and he will then be transferred there for more observations before they go ahead with anything. They'll let us know before anything happens. (The team of neurosurgeons are based at Kings hospital at Denmark Hill, so they think it's best if he's transferred their for observation first before they operate to insert the shunt for his hydrocephalus).
Just in case you thought he was always a peaceful baby, here's one of him crying:
But he usually is quite happy and most of the time sleeps peacefully, like this:
1 comment:
He looks so peaceful. for a second there, i thought that he was actually pretending to cry. so cute!!!!!
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