June 15
He's doing much better today. My husband is at the hospital right now and he's taking our oldest son (9yrs old) along. Wyatt is much more stable today. It seems that everyone is in agreement now (occupational therapist, doctor, respiratory therapist) that while he does well with bottle feedings or nursing, it just wears him out so much that he can't regulate his breathing afterwards. So far he's been doing much better just tube-feeding. I was there this morning around 11am and he did drop a couple times after the feeding but he was able to bring it back up on his own and stayed stable the rest of the time. The Occupational Therapist also said that she will continue to work with him during his tube-feedings by encouraging the use of the pacifier or sucking on a finger to keep reinforcing that skill so that when he does get to try bottle feeding again, he'll be ready and should transition easier. The Physical Therapist should have also stopped by today later in the afternoon and I was told she will probably work with him on exercises to keep his arms and legs moving. |
| reinforcing the sucking instinct while tube-feeding |
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