Coburn Kids

Caden had a bad night. His oxygen settings are between 30-35%, not as good as hoped for but not too bad there. Of major concern is that while aspirating (they take food out of his stomach through a syringe to see how much he’s digesting) Caden’s NG tube tonight (this tube is fed from his mouth to his stomach for his feedings) they found 1cc of fresh blood and old blood mixed in. They have stopped feedings.

They’ve inserted another tube into his tummy to remove air/fluids/blood and will start him on a saline solution tonight to try to heal what they think might be an ulcer from all the stress his body is going through. He had an x-ray to rule out a possible perforation (as the hydrocortisone he’s on can make him more prone to this) and that was negative. They are doing a CBC (complete blood count) to also check for signs of infection and the results of that should be back this morning. They are also starting him on Zantac to decrease some of his secretions to see if this will also help if it’s an ulcer.

They had to give Caden an extra dose of morphine in addition to his morphine drip to calm him down some last night. He lost a little bit of weight, he’s at 1260 grams right now (2 lb. 12 1/2 oz.), but he had a stool yesterday. He had another head ultrasound and his IVH (intraventricular hemorrhage) or a brain bleed, is still at a Grade II. This is only preliminary though and we should know more details on that this morning as well.