parent's resource center: day 2

Clearly my paternal family's phone tree has been activated. Everyone from back home.. my dad, brother, cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents have called to check on us. Which is really pretty awesome of them. Maternal family asking anything? my mom. that's it. figures.

Sprout is doing.. ok. but starting to panic about being sick for her birthday (this wednesday). Apparently telling her last week when she was freaking out about it, that it was still two weeks away.. has come back to bite me in the ass now that she can count the days on one hand.

Yesterday began the process of going after her Impacted Bowel and looking for more details on the DUM (damn unidentified mass)

It was horrible when they tried to install the NG tube in her nose, down to her stomach. two words: nursing. student. he was great, however he took three tries, but was freaking out so bad she kept closing off her throat and it would just coil up. Six people holding her down.. my kid's got serious arm strength what with all that wheeling around she does.

After we were at six people.. another nurse took over and in it went shortly before 11am. at 330pm, she puked it up.. which made her REALLY freak out, and she tried to pull it out through her mouth.. I calmed her down and told her she should start training with Johnlone_metalhead, and then we could have a three ring circus.

Lynn snarkysneak called to check on us right about the time all of this was happening, and I have yet to call her back :( I'll hit your cell in a bit LYNN if you're reading this.

A little after five, we installed the second tube.. which went in quick with the same nurse who got in last time. Around 6pm the meds started to work and her tract started emptying..

there was an error in her orders, so they turned off the drip a little before midnight when they'd run 4000ccs (one jug of the goo) through her.. but she wasnt "done". We left the tube in because she was prlly going to need more stuff this am. well, 4am.. she pukes the tube up again.

she's still impacted, but we're doing a wait and see, and starting her on food again to see if she pukes it up or not.

note: the resident came in and said we'd have to restart the tube.. then the floor pediatrician came in and told me that we were going to start solid food and see what happened? if you ask me- it doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure that one out.. or even a pediatrician.. a geologist can figure that one out in short order.

so yes, today is largely going to be spent trying to see if we puke.

whee.

My friend Diane and her daughter Francis showed up with a package of socks, a toothbrush, toothpaste, hairbrush, a trashy novel (I had asked for Jim Caveziel in his "passion of the christ" costume) and chapstick with sparkles that tastes like cotton candy and a couple of stuffed animals for cait.

nate showed up with some CA Rolls. yum. yum. yum.

I'm going to go get back to the kid. if we ever figure out what all is wrong, I'll let you know.
Thanks to everyone who's been so supportive.
Love love love you

oh and Janice?
I might take you up on that pizza.

xoxoxo