The surgeon says that the procedure went very well. Everything just added up to a long day: a late start, a little longer than planned in surgery, longer in recovery, and then a wait for a room back up here on 5 west where they have been and are full up. They squeezed us in though, and we are glad to be here.
Toby was- not surprisingly- very uncomfortable yesterday and during the night. They have been using morphine and Tylenol to let him rest and he has wanted them both. He is starting to feel a little bit better this morning. They are going to try feeding him a slow drip through his new tube. I have seen it used for medicines already and it looks great. No more checking for tube placement or worries about accidentally putting fluids into the lungs. And I know he will be glad to have the irritant of the ng tube gone.
So we are back to the waiting game. Wait and see how he does with the feeds and recovery from surgery and then wait and see how effective the changes are at relieving the reflux problems - and what, if any, new problems they bring.
We will keep you posted!