I can't believe it's been a month since I've last posted! We've had some fun adventures and not so fun adventures. First, we all enjoyed a day at the Fresno Met. It was a "field trip" for Andrew. I have him doing some summer school work at home with me and after completing a set number of days, we planned a few field trips. We asked the Gomez girls, Colby, and Katie to join us. We missed Christian who was at summer school at the time we could go. We all "had a ball" as we visited the ball exhibit, Bob the Builder, and Brain Teasers and Scientific Phenomena. We then went to Red Robbin for a great lunch. We had fun! I was thankful that Colby and Katie came to share the day with us. They were helpful with Peyton when I had to attend to his "lunch".
We also have spent some time at Children's this month. It seems that Peyton is having a little trouble with his bottle feeds. While he is able to take a bottle, he is still burning too many calories and his refluxing and occasional tendencies to aspirate have made bottle feeding too risky. He is now on a temporary NG feeding tube with a continuous pump while we await surgery for a G-tube and a fundoplication. The fundo is a surgery in which the top part of the stomach is wrapped around the esophagus to make it impossible to reflux and vomit. The G-tube is a feeding tube that goes directly into his tummy to making feeding a little easier and takes away the risk of aspirating as the food has a direct connection rather than going through his esophagus. I am looking forward to the surgeries to get him over this hump and start putting some weight on this little guy of ours.
Noah had both the g-tube and fundo done. We were very nervous before they were done, wondering if we had made the right decision. Following the procedures we asked ourselves why we didn't do it sooner. Good luck, we'll be praying for you!
ReplyDeletePeyton did you know that Grandmas are never too old to learn lessons in life. While I was away on the East Coast visiting my other grandchildren, you were in the hospital having and recovering from surgery. My heart was torn for I wanted to be in two places at once. When I realized this was impossible I had to "let go and let God." The peace that came over me was very comforting. Yes, Peyton, Grandma learned that when we "let go and let God" HE doesn't need our help only our trust in Him. Awesome, absolutely awesome!
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