Preparing for John's Hospital Stay...

Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012

Despite a number of interventions, our son John (who turns four in November) continues to be significantly underweight.   Supplementing his eating with a stomach feeding tube is our recommended next step.  We check John into the hospital at 10 am, Monday, Sept. 10th.  His first day will likely be calorie counting and consults with nutritionists, etc.  His second day, they will insert a feeding tube in his nose.  Besides torture, the purpose of this is to insure that placing a feeding tube in his body will help him gain weight.  Stay tuned for details on the contest to guess how long it will take before John pulls out his nasal feeding tube (valuable prizes will be awarded).


If all goes as expected, John will have his stomach tube placed on Friday morning, Sept. 14th.  

My (Laurie's) Mom has come from NM to help and after her assistance for a 1/2 day I already felt like her trip was worth it. 

We plan to daily update this blog with information and prayer requests.   You can sign up for automatic updates on this site. 

 Please pray:

• that John accepts the hospital environment - he is in a "lock down situation" and is not able to leave the wing of the floor he is on (despite our assurances that he is not a flight risk). 
• Pray that Ron, Helen (Laurie's Mom) and Laurie all work well together to support John. 

 

 The "little Emperor" has commandeered a "Radio Flyer" wagon during our hospital trial run today.