He is up to full feedings. Which is 55 cc's. Last night he ate 40 cc's through the bottle, and he ate 31 cc's for me this morning. Whatever he doesn't eat through the bottle goes into his feeding tube.
They also removed his PIC line yesterday. My cousin Tim and I got to witness this. It was 25 cm long. He received his pain meds through the PIC line. They still have to give him the pain meds because of withdrawals. But they couldn't get the line in through his hand so they put the line in his scalp.
They are changing his pain med from fentinal to morphine. Fentinal is an opiate. It is more powerful than morphine and lasts longer. They are also giving him it to him less often now. They don't want to just take it away from him because it is a narcotic and the withdrawals would be too great. But pretty soon they are going to give his meds orally and will no longer need the line in his scalp, so hopefully in a couple of days he will be line free.
About The Martin Family
- Joe and Jen Martin's Space
- My wife and I have been married for nine years. We have two wonderful kids that fill our life with joy and happiness. Aspen is now a soccer player. She loves to dance and sing. Bryant is our ladies man. He's not shy about his smile. Especially with the ladies. He definitely got his looks from his dad, because mom still has hers. Bryant gave us a scare when he was born. He was born with a birth defect called EA/TEF. In short, his esophagus was not attached and he had to have surgery to reattach it. We spent five long weeks in Salt Lake City while he got better. Now you wouldn't even know. His big sister adores him and he returns the love. They are two peas in a pod. Just giggling over nothing. To round out the Martin clan we have two outragous dogs, Duncan and Casey. Duncan is a little over seven and Casey is about five. Then we have her majesty Katrina. That is our black cat and she rules the house with her stares. But she is also full of love. She plays with Aspen and keeps an eye on Bryant. This is our family, and I wouldn't wish to trade places with anyone.
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