Brave Little Man

Look at that handsome brave little guy. I'm so proud of him. He's been dealing with some constipation issues for who knows how long. We were finally referred to a pediatric GI doctor who did an x-ray and started a daily dose of meds along with a couple tries at an in-home clean out but nothing worked. So, now we're at MCG Children's Medical Center where they are helping him. We got to the hospital at 11:00 for an x-ray. That's all he thought he was coming for. He was very anxious the last time we were coming down for this procedure (which they decided to hold off on) so I didn't want him to worry about it any more than he had to. After x-ray they admitted him and got us into our room. #4829 is our room number. The Child Life Specialist (Ms. Mandy) came in and explained to LJ how they would insert the NG tube using a doll to demonstrate it on and then his nurse (Ms. Anita) came in to give him a little nasal mist sedation. He didn't like it too much because it tasted really bad. About 10 minutes later Ms. Anita came back in and began the process of inserting the NG tube. Ms. Mandy helped her out. There was a little tiny bit of trouble getting it started through his nose, but it finally went through easily. There was one point that LJ cried a little when it was about halfway down, but he calmed down enough to swallow some more water (which helps make it go down easier) and then she was finished. The process took less than 2 minutes. And my brave little man was still the whole time. Once the tube was inserted, they attached the meds to him and started that going. He also had to get an enema and drink a full 10oz. bottle of magnesium citrate. He's been such a big boy! They are slowly increasing the speed in which he gets the meds through the NG tube each hour. At 8:00pm, they'll unhook the meds so he can sleep. He's ready for them to unhook him, but not so he can sleep. He spotted the play area when we got off the elevator onto this floor and he's ready to go play. I can't say I blame him. I'm ready to get out of this room too!