I love this picture!
November 29, 2005 (7 weeks old)
Weight: 7lbs 10oz (9oz below goal)
Wyatt's weight just wasn't increasing the way it should and he still hadn't made it onto the pediatrician's growth chart. It was time to consider tube feeding Wyatt the extra calories he needed.
There weren't any home care companies willing to teach us to place an NJ tube into Wyatt's stomach so we had to opt for an NJ tube to be semi-permenantly placed into his small intestines - this required hospitalization. The Drs orders read "Failure to Thrive" when I checked in - made me teary.
When an NJ tube is inserted trans paloricly the procedure is preformed by a radiologist using X-ray. We were in hospital for 3 nights and discharged using an 8hr nightime feeding schedule of 40cc per hr in addition to his daytime bottles. Goal: 22-24oz per day.
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