Granton's Blog

It's a drippy day in KC this morning. I am wearing jeans and a jacket and the heat was on when I entered the building. Feels like fall. Well, Granton was awake all night throwing up his feeds. This morning since 9:00 he's had one small puke. He is super sensitive to his ng today. Even 1/2 an ml of med or just testing for placement upset his stomach. We have been pushing his meds very slow. He has one more left to take and we've been taking them over a two hour span. He has taken pedilyte by suringe and of course the meds and hasn't thrown up. We are thankful he is taking something by mouth, too. Vascular access got an iv placed on their first try and I barely heard a fuss from Granton, so I'm thankful he's learning to deal with being stuck. He will be getting iv fluids soon. Also, a little blood showed up in his stool this morning. We are praying that his stomach will regulate itself again. We are praying for the Lord to show us and the nutritionists the best way to help Granton gain weight. I happened to find some yobaby yogurt that is basically organic whole milk and tastes something like sour cream. It has 90 cal which we like, too. He loved it and hasn't thrown it up yet. He did not tolerate the pediasure--it came up faster than we could put it in...I'm beginning to wonder if formula has anything to do with the situation, but we'll keep learning and praying. As long as we can get oz an hour we can continue to feed by mouth. I don't object to the ng as long as he doesn't throw up, so if we start that we'll go real slow.