For the past week, R has continued to rest and recover. For the most part, he is awake and alert and we are told that, when he is feeling well, helping him be active is best for him. For the past week, R has been on feedings for most of the time. A formula is given to him through his nj tube that feeds directly into his intestine. For the past 24 - 36 hours, doctors have been watching some discharge from his ostomy site. What had been "stool" looking was now looking more and more like the formula itself, raising suspicion that the feed might be coming right out.
Doctors plan to re-evaluate him on Wednesday morning. If the concern is confirmed, surgery might be needed to explore what is going on in there. This was disappointing news because R had been doing so well for the past several weeks. His incision from the last surgery just now healed completely. It will be too bad to have to re-open the wound.
We will update the blog when we know more. Thanks for praying.
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