TASTES GOOD Monday-27-14 Leo and I arrived early incase any Drs. or procedures were to take place. Around 9 they came in and pulled out Jake’s trachea, one less hose. Jake had to test his ability to still talk and he could still talk. We were told at 10:30 the throat scope. So we went for a wheel chair ride. Jake walked the length of his wing in the hallway then he set for the rest of the ride in the chair. At 10:30 Paul arrived to do the scope, his diagnosis is that one of his?, the one on the right is moving slowly and not to its proper position to shut off his airway completely. He would send his reports to the ear, nose, throat guys and we would hear something tomorrow. I told Paul “Our goal for today is to eat real food, to get the feeding tube out of the nose” I told Paul “ I have prayed and I have others praying that Jake gets to eat real food today”. Paul decided to do a few more tests with Jake, he had his eat some applesauce consistency purple food, and drink some liquids that had been thickened, and then ice chips, and water. He concluded that if Jake was to put food into his mouth, and only swallow when his head was turned to the right he could have food. Pureed food only. The feeding tube would stay in the nose, until they are sure he is getting enough food in take. I was willing to put up with the tube staying as long as Jake could start eating real food. The first meal was at lunch or 2PM, it was chicken that was purred to mush, mashed potatoes and gravy, carrots, milk, vanilla pudding. He wanted more milk. Paul came back in to check how lunch went down, Jake did very well. Jake was given some Chocolate Milk and he doesn’t want any more of that either. Jake said it all tasted really bad though, I won’t tell you the actual word used though. But there were also a lot of good words, “Tastes Good, Good, Yum! All the food apparently wasn’t too offal bad. So after lunch then came in to remove the staples on his arm. I questioned the nurse whom came to do this. I asked her “Are you sure you are to take out the stitches, they have not even been in place 3 full days!” She say “Oh, you are right, I am only suppose to change the dressing.” So we make sure she only removes the ace bandage, she says “ The arm is really swollen”. I tell her “I guess so it was broken for over 2 weeks before they even considered fixing it.” After she changed the dressing and place a new ace bandage on the arm we went out of the room again. Jake made the comment “She didn’t even cover my shoulder with the ace bandage, what a sloppy job.” I think the ace bandage is to help with the swelling; the wounds were all covered by nice bandages. So when we went back out Jake did a lot of walking. He bought a sprite, for later. Then rode the chair a while and walked some more. He and Leo checked out the food in the hospital café and bought a blue raspberry slushy it was suppose to be mine but Jake wanted it. We got back to room just in time for supper, I got just about one of everything on the puree foods list. There was Salisbury stake, looked just like canned cat food, potatoes, gravy, green beans, peaches, ice cream, tomato soup, v-8, milk, sprite, cherry jello. I just wanted him to have what ever he could to choose from. He ate but did not like the consistency of the cat food, he didn’t like the green beans either, he saved back the sprit, and the jello for later. He ate pretty good. About 20 minutes after he started belching, and I thought things were going to come back up. I think it was too much too fast and too many flavors. But it stayed down. After eating he had to sit-up for 30 minutes. Right during his meal he had to take shots, one stings really bad and goes into the stomach, it is a blood thinner. The other two shots are to build up his immune system since he no longer has a spleen. There is one more shot for the immune system to be given soon. Right now it is 6:30 and Jake is sleeping soundly. So think you all again for the prayer support. Trachea out,, real food in, nose feeding tube on hold. The IV lines will not be pulled until we are walking out the door of the hospital. Now please pray that Leo and I make the correct choice as to which rehab hospital we will be checking Jake into in the future. Thank you all for your continued prayers and support. Barbara I am posting a photo of Jake and one of his nurse assistance. Betty was down in the lobby when Jake walked by, she ran up to him and said how proud she was of him being out walking. She wanted to know how tall he was the other day and had me make a mark on the wall of the hospital. She said it measured 6’8”. I took a photo of the two of them, she asked to have one emailed to her. So that will also be sent out to all of you. She was the nurse that took out the folie, she was a really nice nurse assistant/tech.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 01:59:20 +0000
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