We got a call last night that Lilah had blood in her stool. The immediate concern is something called NEC or Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Here is more about it: http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/digestive/nec.html
They were fairly certain that the bleeding was from a different drug we were trying to help move the food along in her system and stopped that immediately, but they could not rule out NEC as a cause. They have stopped all feedings and she is on IV nutrients and antibiotics until some cultures come back tomorrow.
So we are back to square one for her feedings. The Dr today said it just might take some time for her to catch on to the whole eating thing. We are sort of waiting for the drugs for the thrush to finish their course and then figure out what to do about her feeds.
They were fairly certain that the bleeding was from a different drug we were trying to help move the food along in her system and stopped that immediately, but they could not rule out NEC as a cause. They have stopped all feedings and she is on IV nutrients and antibiotics until some cultures come back tomorrow.
So we are back to square one for her feedings. The Dr today said it just might take some time for her to catch on to the whole eating thing. We are sort of waiting for the drugs for the thrush to finish their course and then figure out what to do about her feeds.
Aunt Annie and Uncle Marc were in town this weekend!
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