Obviously we've been reunited with our little doll. As you can see, things aren't so fun for her right now. She has 3 small incisions on her tummy, plus the g-tube site. Then her left thigh has a wound from the muscle biopsy. She is pretty fussy on and off and taking little cat naps between nursing interruptions. She will have her vital signs taken every hour until midnight, then every 4 hrs after that. She is getting IV fluid for nutrition for now. She has a nasogastric (NG) tube in her nose to her tummy on suction to keep her tummy dry, which is suppose to help the healing process. Our main struggle right now is keeping her from pulling at the NG tube and IV, she insists that she is "ahh daaa" (all done). Can you blame her. I put a small glove on her one free hand, it was being the menace to the tubes. The other hand is secured very well to protect her IV. Tomorrow morning the NG will be removed and she will get a bottle of pedilyte, and we'll see how she tolerates that. Diet progression will depend upon it. Well I'm going to catch a 30min. nap before the nurse is back.
Sweet girl! She really looks great all things considered. We'll be praying that the Pedialyte will digest well and also for the rest of her healing.
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