Thursday, March 7, 2013

Had a good conversation with the doctor this morning. Brody is looking great from the lung standpoint. Now we need to work on being able to eat without the tube. He has been throwing up his meals for the past two days, mainly after coughing. The thought is that he needs more time to strengthen his neck and throat muscles. We already know he is aspirating his liquids, and the last thing we want is for him to aspirate his vomit again. So, the plan is to feed him continually through the tube over the weekend. Then, the swallow study will be repeated Monday or Tuesday. By then he will be weaned more from the drugs (yep, he is still getting those for a slow withdrawal) and he will have had four more days of strengthening his muscles. We are happy with that plan. We get to go for a wagon ride in the hall today! He is napping now and PT comes at 11:00 and Speech at 12:00, so we'll see how the afternoon goes and maybe take a ride.

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