Matty's Blog

….of poop! Matty finally did it – he did a poo in his nappy! At about 8pm last night, Dad and I did a nappy change and we got to find a nice little present inside. He must have been saving it for a while because it almost escaped the nappy and would have gotten over me while I was holding him. He replicated the event again at 10pm leaving another present for me to clean up before retiring to bed.  By already having two bowel movements he is showing the surgical team that his bowels are ready for larger volumes of milk and so we have slowly increased the amount of milk he has been allowed, to get it back to the amounts before the surgery. For lunch today he should be taking his usual amount of 125mls and it will also be his first meal post surgery that is made from increased-calorie formula. Matthew is normally on increased calorie formula, but in order to introduce the formula to him safely, they made it to normal strength and monitored him to make sure he was tolerating it.

The surgeon came in to the ward this morning and mentioned that Matthew was doing really well and that we would definitely be going home tomorrow. I would really like to get us all home tonight and out of a germ-filled hospital where we might catch a cold or flu, so I told him that we would be leaving today as Matthew was doing so well and there really was no need to keep us in. After a minute of pleading my case he agreed on the proviso that we called his clinic in the morning for an update. Of course, we won’t be leaving today if Matthew cannot tolerate his milk at his normal quantity or calorie level, so here’s hoping the little man continues to amaze us.

May 2nd, 2010 | Category: Uncategorized | Subscribe to comments | Both comments and pings are currently closed