After dealing with some pain from her g-button site, Morgan finally seems more comfortable. Many of the nurses have commented in the past on Morgan's good temperament but she let everyone know the last four days that she wasn't happy. Her g-button was leaking and there was really little they could do but let it heal on its own. It was leaking milk from her stomach which is acidic and burns. For now they have decreased the amount of milk and stretching her feeds over two hours, hoping that by not filling the stomach as much the leakage will decrease. The last day she hasn't had any leakage and she is a lot less cranky. She has lost some weight and is down to 7lbs 3oz but the doctors aren't too concerned. Once the button heals they will be able to increase her feeds again and she should get back to putting on weight.
Saturday night Shelly went up to the hospital with a friend and Morgan was awake most of the time from about 8pm to midnight. The nurse said she was awake when they left until 4am. Hopefully she will not come home with mixed up days and nights. It was nice to see her so alert again, but without all the crying.
It will be another week or two before they start bottle feeding again to let her airway heal from the reflux and from the vent tube. She still has "stridor", a fancy word for wheezing. As of right now, it looks like she isn't quite going to make it home for Christmas. She's almost where she needs to be but the only treatment for these last few issues is time so we'll have to be patient a little longer and hopefully she'll be home for New Year's.
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