Max pulled out his ng tube this morning, giving me an opportunity to take plenty of tube-free pictures. Of course, we immediately worked to reinsert the tube, so Max didn't get to enjoy his freedom for very long. Max had kept this tube in about two weeks, so we switched nostrils.
Max won't be rid of the tube for good until he starts taking a significant amount of food by mouth. He gets about 700 ccs of milk or formula per day. Today, he managed to get down 19 ccs by mouth, although we were quite happy because this is a lot more than he usually takes over a weekend.
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Max was born in October 2008 at Georgetown University Hospital. After more than four months at GUH, Max moved to the HSC Pediatric Center in March 2009. He came home six months after he was born, in April 2009.
Max on Thanksgiving
Max on Good Friday
Max at Home
Tummy Time
A TUBE-FREE MORNING
Start Here: A list of posts with background information
- We're home! (leaving the hospital with Max)
- The hospital at home (what it's like to care for Max at home)
- Max in action (see Max do his tricks)
- How is Max? (update April 2009)
Most recent photos of Max
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- Play is physical therapy
- Max's Tricks
- Cheers!
- Carry-out PT
- Job posting
- The biggest loser
- At the chalk party
- Breakfast scene
- In the bouncy seat, on the deck
- The night shift
- Breakfast on the deck
- Max in action
- A visit to the GI service
- Tube free (for a little while)
- Occupational therapy for babies
- Getting caught in the rain
- How to get a tube-fed baby to take a bottle
- Secrets of the baby whisperer
- The discreet pleasures of the second act
- Thriving at home (so far)
- Another visit to the phrenologists
- Max is babbling a lot more
- The home hospital
- Considering a normal family life
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