Tuesday, November 4, 2008

We'll lets see...

As we were placing Hunter's feeding tube in place, we removed the nasal cannula from his nose. Therefore, Hunter was not receiving oxygen. Hunters oxygen saturation stayed at 98 % for 15 minutes. This is so awesome!



Some challenges ahead for Hunter is his feeding tube and getting that removed. Hunter is still having a problem with taking in his entire feed. He gets so exhausted and falls asleep before he can finish. This is why the feeding tube is still in place. His inability to finish his full feeds is due to his lungs and the work it takes to take food from a bottle.

Hunter is working with an Occupational Therapist at U of M. We have taken his feeding times to every four hours and slowly feeding him a large bolus at night over an eight hour period.

His Pulmonologist called today. They are switching his formula from Neosure 22 cal to Elecare 22 cal. This is easier on the digestive system. In a couple weeks, they will try Elecare at 24 calorie to see if he can tolerate this.