Reed and I wound up doing a bit of an emergency trip up to Primary’s yesterday evening to have Parker’s G-tube replaced. A piece of his original one broke off and there was simply no fixing it.
It wasn’t a pretty experience. It was way too early to be replacing a G-tube and Parkers surgery site wasn’t healed enough to do it painlessly…..plus there was the issue of the stitch that had been placed that nobody knew about until the nurse had YANKED the old tube out. That hurt. Big Time. My heart broke for Parker.
We got a new G-tube placed, cleaned up our brave hero and headed home.
The one good thing about this experience is that now Reed and I know how to replace a G-tube ourselves and can (hopefully) do it on our own the next time. These suckers need replacing about every 3 months or so.
I need to go and tend to my little guy’s cares, but first I thought I would share some pictures of our day yesterday. (My camera has seen much better days. But then again, so has the photographer……..ugh!)
Babies come in all sizes at my house. Bailey my oldest baby, and Parky, my youngest.
10:00 a.m. medications for Parker. There are also 12:00 meds………2:00 meds……5:00 meds……..6:00 meds……all the way to 10:00 p.m. meds.
Next we have Christmas picture out-takes. I’ll need to try another day. Parker was totally not willing to engage in even one cute pose with a sweet smile on top.
Off to snuggle with my littlest guy!
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OH PARKER YOU DOLL!!!!! Tammy, he is SO CUTE with those lights!!!! You should send that in to somethihg, lol! That is just the cutest thing I have seen!! What a cute Christmas card that would make!!
Bailey is gorgeous, what a smile!
Poor sweet Parker yesterday
I wish I were half as brave as he is. I am glad you can change the tube now though. Hopefully it will give you less trips to the hospital. Still praying for you all!
I mailed the box of sweaters and my little gifts to Parker via priority mail. you should get them any day now!
Love,
Amy
Ack! :S No more emergencies!! You tell Parker to stay healthy from here on out! NO EXCEPTIONS!
It’s gonna get better… hugs and prayers to you guys!!
Oh my! No more ER trips! Parker is still such a doll! What a delight!!
What a precious photo of your oldest and youngest. She is gorgeous and he is adorable. Those pics of Parker and the lights are adorable…very candid shots. Hugs!
Owie! I am so sorry Parker had to go through that. Dangit!
He is a very cute little man, and your daughter is a very pretty girl.
Kay
I’m glad you’re home and it’s fixed- been fretting ’bout ya again
Parky is a doll – whether he has big smiles or not
Glad you got everything fixed and hopefully it will be a while before Parky has to go through anything again – poor guy!
I’m thinking about you – will give you a call later – it’s been a CRAZY day!!! My kiddos are sick, or I’d come over and lend a couple hands – but I wouldn’t want to give your sweet boy any of our ickies
Hugs!
I love the pictures! There’s something so innocent about a child with tangled lights.
Tammy? YOu should be able to qualify for a nursing degree by now.
{{{hugs}}} you are coninuously in my prayers.
Parker and his sis are just beautiful together. I’m so sorry to hear that he had to go through such a painful ER trip. Brave little hero is right! He is adorable with the lights and looks so much bigger and older these days. Praying for smooth sailing for a while. You surely deserve it.
Barb and Michael
he is beautiful. you and yours have a lovely christmas. you’re always in my prayers.
Ouch! I hurt just thinking about the G-tube with the stitch. Poor Parker!
What a beautiful little man. I’m sorry he had pain today – I hope the rest of his weekend is smooth sailing and lots of fun.
You’re right about there never being a dull moment – wow! He’s so cute playing with the light strand!
Thank you for sharing pictures of Parker. Very cute.
What do you mean you couldn’t get any good shots??? The candid ones are always the best. Aaah … the old replace the g-tube job. We used to have to pat down Nathan’s tummy every few hours for his ostomy bag and his g-tube. Parker’s face looks so cute without all the tape
Hang in there … You have a lovely family.
Hugs
I love you Parker, you sweet baby boy
Sending tons of hugs to you sweetie. I hope you are feeling much better Parker and your cold goes away very fast!!
Love you bunches!
Amy
Are all your kids that gorgeous? WOW!
Good thing for a g-tube with that many meds to pass, ugh.
Sending lovin’ your way, sounds like Parker is a wee bit better than last week, and I think the Christmas photos are PERFECT!
wowza, tell ‘em there is a stitch next time Parky.
HUGS and email me your addy for a Holiday card!
Ouchie, Parky! Hugs and prayers continue.
Tammy, any photo of Parker is cute. I’m liking the tangle of lights.
Christmas card photos aren’t going so well at my house either. Over 300 shots and nada…but I blame the bum hand.
Love the outtakes!
Tammy, you have been given an award. You’ll need to go to Aiden’s blog to retrieve it.
What a beautiful smile Bailey has, Tammy. And I love the photos of Parker playing with the strings of lights. I cringed when you said pulling that tube out hurt him so much. That nurse must have felt awful.
Good grief, enough emergencies! Poor thing.