The Journey of James Weston

Monday, August 9th, 2021 😫 James needed to be suctioned every hour last night from 12am to 8am. Mom also vented him and changed diapers as needed. He had a few spit ups throughout the night where his face and neck would be wet. 😥 8:00am 🤮 Projectile vomited even though Mom was venting his G-tube nonstop with a syringe. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 8:45am He was supposed to have labs done by the IV team but they needed to tend to an emergency. James was also supposed to be scheduled for an x-ray but supposedly GI never put the order in (?). We waited all day for those things to happen. It's pretty hard to schedule a trach care or feeds when we don't know when a procedure will happen. 9:30am 🏋️‍♂️ Physical Therapy worked with James and did a new position where they rolled up two chucks to make a really thick bolster and sat him on top as if he is riding a horse. This way James gets pressure to the bottom of his feet and strengthens his core. Our homework for this week is to make sure that James i...