Wednesday, November 10, 2010

We had dinner and clean linens

Yes, we sat around the dinner table last night...all of us, at the same time and ate dinner.

Then Brayden was off to bed. Shortly after tucking him in for the night, he started vomiting. I dashed into his room. As he was vomiting, he was pooping and it was oozing out the diaper. I did not know which end to deal with first. I shouted for Jeremy and he came running in. We cleaned him up, changed the sheets, and tucked him in for the night.

I woke this morning a little before 6:00 and, as always, I checked on Brayden first thing. Before I got to his room, I could smell it...a big, bad diaper. I found that he had vomited again and was laying in a dirty diaper that had leaked out and completely covered one of his legs (can you hear me dry-heaving?). I start the bath and start stripping Brayden, trying not to get the poo anywhere else.

Once he was clean, I started cleaning his bed. Clean sheets on, I placed him in bed and proceeded to give him all of his medications. Only one goes into his stomach (g-tube), all others into his intestine (j-tube). Once the medication for his stomach was in, he started vomiting, requiring yet another wardrobe and linens change.

Now he is just laying on a blanket, with an undershirt. I am running the laundry.

Brayden is NOT sick. The vomiting is rearing its ugly head again. It has been back, on and off for a couple of months. The past two weeks it has really picked up. On Sunday he vomited 8 times. The explosive diapers...well that is just how he does it since he is on an all liquid diet.

The pitful thing is that he does not cry about the vomiting or the dirty diaper. He just lays in it until we find him. He only starts fussing when getting dressed.

Off to get Brayden clean linens...

6 comments:

Mo said...

That little fella'... he handles it so well. Bless Brayden. And bless your sweet family for still taking time in the midst of it all to enjoy one another and eat dinner together. Those things matter.

April said...

AW, I'm sorry the vomiting is back... I'm glad you got a family dinner, and I'm sure your little guy has a laundry fresh bed :)

kirstenpetree said...

What medications is he on? Layne had a lot of vomiting when he was taking a med called Bicitra due to acidosis that came along with the keto diet. Is he on that at all?

Shannon said...

I am so sorry the vomiting has returned. :( Poor little guy.

Wherever HE Leads We'll Go said...

Sorry to hear that the vomiting is back. Poor little guy!

The VW's said...

Big, Big Hugs!!!