Back to the Tube

When I got home from church last night I picked up Caleb just to spend a little time with him. I was shocked at how light he was. It's been about three weeks now that he hasn't gained any weight. He's had diarrhea for several days and his usual vomiting. So we decided to put the NG tube back in.

The NG tube is a thin plastic tube that goes up his nose, down his throat, and into his stomach. It is taped to his face and then fastened to a feeding pump. This system helps us to continually feed Caleb small amounts over a long period of time, thereby helping him to keep his food down. Since he's been dehydrated, this really is our only option, other then taking him to the hospital to get an IV.

It has been a few months since Caleb has had a tube like this. Less then five minutes after we were able to secure the tube, I'm talking it was already taped to his face, he yanked it off - tape and all - when we weren't looking.

Well, if it wasn't heart wrenching enough to put that tube in him, we had to do it again - this time with more supervision until he finally fell asleep.

Sometimes it feels like we're going backwards....