Tomorrow, Friday June 5th, Elijah is headed back to the hospital. He is scheduled to have surgery to place the G-Tube in his stomach. We hope that this will make it less irritating for him to eat. He won't have the other tube taped to his face, going in his nose, down his throat, and into his stomach...which Michelle and I think has something to do with him being fussy at times.
This will help when it comes to him eating. Elijah should be more comfortable when we work with him on his bottle feedings, but if he is sleeping we can just "flip open" the G-tube and dump his "meal" in there. He has been putting on weight, he is up to 6 lbs. 12 oz.
He will have to spend a day or two in the NICU for recovery after his surgery, but we hope to have him back home Sunday or Monday. We will let you know how he is doing. I know we have had a lot of people wanting to stop over and see him...it will happen soon!! Thanks again for all your kind thoughts and prayers. Take care.
Dont dump to fast cause you dont want air bubbles or it will spitting right out at you!!
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