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Category: Anthony
Anthony Bissell
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Anthony had a bit of a set back last night. They bumped his feeding up from 30 to 40cc per hour and he vomited. This is disappointing, but not surprising. The reason we switched Anthony from a G-tube to a GJ-tube is because he was not tolerating feedings in his stomach, due to severe reflux.…
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Anthony is making nice progress. It’s hard to believe he was on death’s door a week ago today. Last night he started on small amounts of g-tube feedings at 10cc per hour. He tolerated that and is now getting 20cc per hour. He also had a bowel movement last night, so looks like things are…
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Anthony came out of surgery around 1am and was settled in the PICU by 2am Wednesday morning. He was sedated and on a ventilator with lots of monitors and IV bags all around him. It was so nice to see him without pain and resting, even if it was a drug-induced rest. He was on…
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Monday, December 6th at 9pm; when I was getting Anthony ready for bed, he didn’t seem like his usual happy self. He had had a good day at school, but now he was diaphoretic and weak. I thought maybe he was hot, as he was wearing sweat pants and a sweat shirt and had a…
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Anthony had a rough time this past winter. He seemed to pick up every cold that went around and also had increased problems with gastric reflux (stomach content backing up into his esophagus). At times the reflux was so bad that you could see the Pediasure bubbling up in the back of his throat. Add…