That can't be right, can it? Have we really been here 3 months? Wow.
We had a fantastic meeting this morning with Carter's medical team and speech therapist and we've decided to delay the G-tube for at least a few weeks. The plan is to continue to treat the reflux, with hopes that he won't need the G-tube in the long run. We both feel really good about Carter's outlook after this meeting. The G-tube hasn't been completely ruled out, but for now, there are other measures we can do that could prevent it. They are keeping the volume of milk reduced, but will likely supplement with additional calories so he continues to grow and develop. He's currently in the 19% for weight and the 82% for height, so at least he's still ON the growth curve :)
As much as we are looking forward to going home, we'd much rather stay here another month or two to take home a baby who's bottle feeding than be home in 2 weeks with a baby who's completely G-tube fed and who has uncontrolled severe reflux.
Keep your fingers crossed for controlled reflux, a healed esophagus, and a bottle-fed Carter!
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