So both Jacob and Lilian are being weaned off the morphine today, this has to be done slowly as they have both been on it since their birth. Jacob has always been on more because of the surgery though we are very happy that the doctor feel that they are in a small amount of pain and discomfort that they can come off it.
Jacob has started Mummy's milk again and so far there are still no signs of any badness in his tummy (fingers and toes crossed), though I am really not looking forward to dealing with the poo coming our of his stoma, it's hard enough cleaning it when its just a little goo on there.
One thing I will say; I am seriously desensitised to surgical wounds now after cleaning Jacobs stoma for the past week, it was really hard to see the results of such major surgery on my little man at first and especially when you start wiping the exposed intestine to keep it clean... (looks sooo painful!)
We have had the great news that Lilian is going to be given the chance to try life off the ventilator! They have been turning down the oxygen and pressure in her ventilator with the hope that by the weekend they can try a Nasal cannula for the 'CPAP' like Jacob had for a short while before the surgery.
Lilian is also going onto full feeds tonight so she will be existing solely on Mummy's milk which we think is awesome!
Sorry no pictures again today, though should have some tomorrow.
No comments:
Post a Comment