Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Mom: 1 Surly Nurse: 0 Boooyah! (I shouldn't gloat, I know)

Today was a mixed bag. The doc said since there has been no change, either better or worse, he is going to order an upper GI, small bowel follow-through. It didn't happen today so most likely it will happen tomorrow. This could take a few hours. In the meantime, a dear friend came and took a shift and let me off early to pick up Dani and take a much-needed nap. Shortly after I left Yumi had a little toot. Which, in our world is a big and much celebrated event.

However, by the time I returned in the evening she was in a mess of hurt and the NG tube was not suctioning properly. Nick, the original nurse who inserted the tube was fiddling with it and flushing it, trying to get it cleared so that it would flow freely. If it does not flow and empty her stomach well, she starts to experience pain. So after watching him for a few minutes, I remembered the surly nurse from the day before who shoved her tube further down about 8 inches. So I told him that it probably can afford to be pulled out quite a bit. Perhaps that was causing the problem. So he started to pull it out and sure enough it started to suction. Score one for mom!

She is still putting out some pretty green stuff, so it is still a waiting game and we will see what the results are from the contrast study tomorrow. I'll keep ya posted. Thanks for your prayers.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Yuki, You're a powerful advocate for Yumi. Medical folks quite often feel they know more than their patients, fail to listen and even resent patients and family members who are assertive. Keep it up and report abuses by the nurse. Yumi, we are praying for you. You are a strong young lady. Get well soon.
Grandma & Grandpa Ely

Unknown said...

The Pitts and the rest of the staff are praying, too! We love you guys.