Day 556 - Almost in the ER
Saturday, July 9th, 2022 Last night Dad slept downstairs and he did his care in morning. Morning care for James (right now) consists of the following: Suctioning his trach because morning secretions are the thickest Changing his diaper because he's a baby Switching his pulse ox to his other foot to avoid burns Venting his G-tube with a 60cc syringe to release air Wiping and cleaning his helmet and his head Adding water to the humidification chamber Giving him his nebulizer treatment (Pulmicort) Giving him his Prevacid and clamping his G-tube for 45 minutes *Extra Bonus Points for eye patching too Sometimes you'll be venting his G-tube and then need to suction him, and then go back to venting, and then back to suctioning. Sometimes you are unable to stop venting and you'll need to do both at the same time. You just figure out how to do it OR you lay the syringe full of gastric juice on the bed and worry about changing the sheets later and immediately suction him because his ...