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Hey peeps, I need your collective wisdom.
We are in the hospital, day 9 post trach/vent. They have had him on a constant trickle feed with the same formula he was tolerating at home (2 cal) , and his stomach and colon are filling with gas that won't move. His stomach gets so distended that he is in agony. He's getting meds for gas, suppositories, and his Miralax. We are also putting the bed in the sitting up position.
I know the pain meds slow things down. Grrrr.
I've asked them to discontinue the constant feed and go back to periodic bolus feeding. He was tolerating 227ml at 400ml an hour every three hours at home. He was hungry by hour three, so I'm thinking every two hours (he's going to need to put some weight back on once we get through this).
He is back on the Trilogy, which is working well. Unfortunately, he is fighting and infection of some sort (getting antibiotics). His stoma keeps bleeding, so they have been unable to change the trach yet. He also has thrush which they are treating.
If we were home I'd fill him with prune juice and probiotics. Sigh. No go here.
Has anyone else not been able to tolerate the continuous feed? Might that be the problem,.
Thanks!
Becky
We are in the hospital, day 9 post trach/vent. They have had him on a constant trickle feed with the same formula he was tolerating at home (2 cal) , and his stomach and colon are filling with gas that won't move. His stomach gets so distended that he is in agony. He's getting meds for gas, suppositories, and his Miralax. We are also putting the bed in the sitting up position.
I know the pain meds slow things down. Grrrr.
I've asked them to discontinue the constant feed and go back to periodic bolus feeding. He was tolerating 227ml at 400ml an hour every three hours at home. He was hungry by hour three, so I'm thinking every two hours (he's going to need to put some weight back on once we get through this).
He is back on the Trilogy, which is working well. Unfortunately, he is fighting and infection of some sort (getting antibiotics). His stoma keeps bleeding, so they have been unable to change the trach yet. He also has thrush which they are treating.
If we were home I'd fill him with prune juice and probiotics. Sigh. No go here.
Has anyone else not been able to tolerate the continuous feed? Might that be the problem,.
Thanks!
Becky