The Tube Plan

Macayla went back to see the surgeon again today. Her incision where the tube was placed had looked better this past Sunday and Jennifer and I were in the hospital Monday through Wednesday morning. When I saw Macayla’s incision Wednesday, I could tell it had opened up more since I had seen it last. It was draining like crazy and so I stepped up on using the special gauze they had given us (Aquacel) and changed it out multiple times a day. I called the surgeon about it and when we got into see him today, her wound had already improved. But he cauterized it with silver nitrate and we are hoping that it will look better by Monday when we will pick back up with the Aquacel. For those who are interested, we cut small pieces of the Aquacel and pack it into the incision right at the tube and it absorbs all the discharge to help keep the incision dry. If you are not a person interested in such things, sorry and I hope you aren’t reading this on your lunch break or something. In the meantime, we plan to go back in two weeks and trade out this Bard Button (that still leaks) with a Mic-Key. Our prayer is that the removal process won’t tear up her tube track and start the bleeding all over again. We pray that she will continue to do well with her feedings and get healed up soon. Overall, she is a great patient and handles all this much better than her daddy.