We hope everyone got their turkey on and had a delicious, fun celebration. Happy Thanksgiving!
Fortunately, we got our delicious dinner and had some fun with family before Naaman had to go to the ER for some fluids and sugars. He ate nothing (as in not a single morsel of food ingested except a 1/4 cm piece of turkey, if you count that at all) today and seldom drank. He also wasn’t producing diapers, and has been very sleepy. We were hoping he just needed some fluids and by the grace of God, he got fluids and dextrose and is asleep back in his own crib tonight.
If Naaman can at least keep up fluid intake and get through the yuckiness of this part of chemo, we can avoid tube feedings. At the ER tonight he was down to 9.8 kg from 10.3 kg on Monday (1 kg=2.2 lbs, therefore it’s about a pound lost). He refuses food altogether, or chews it and spits it out in a secret location around the house, or worse he vomits it up. Tube feedings aren’t uncommon in children with cancer, and won’t be the end of the world, as they will likely be overnight while he’s asleep at home. Nonetheless, we would of course prefer he eats a regular diet by mouth and can get that NG tube soon! We will revisit this topic with the doctor when we go to clinic next Monday. Currently, he has the NG tube just for meds and we aren’t sure how long it will stay. NG tubes are meant to be temporary but sometimes “temporary” is longer than a week or two. For more info, click here: what is an NG tube?
Enjoy your weekend, friends and family, and we hope you are not out shopping. 😉
7 thoughts on “Happy Thanksgiving (then off to the ER)”
Keeping this sweet little guy in prayer Praying for his family Praying for healing , strength
love you all ♥️
Happy Thanksgiving. You are in the toughest time of your journey but you know that. Wallow if you need to, (and you deserve to if you want to!) but know that with each passing day, with every treatment, his body is working it’s hardest to fight this and in the end he will win. And the end WILL come. You are always in my thoughts. Love, Dawn
Love you guys. Chemo can definitely make it difficult to eat or drink and keep things down. The worst part is, most of the foods you love start tasting terrible. I remember a similar experience where I passed out from dehydration and had to go to the ER to be rehydrated.
I hate that this sweet, innocent little man and his family have to endure these experiences.
Always praying for you.
I hope Namaan gets his appetite back soon. I am thankful you guys are taking such good care of him and making sure he gets care as soon as possible, when things are not “right”. Prayers and love to you all!
Oh no! So sorry you ended up in the ER but glad he got the fluids he needs. Hang in there. Love, hugs, and prayers coming your way!!
Continuing to pray for all of you. Thanks for keeping us updated.
Praying for all of you. God will give you the strength to see you through this. Special prayers for Cheeky! Love you all!!