Last Night in PICU

(photos from last night)

After the big news yesterday of John being able to go home, the nursing staff trained Jason and Erin how to feed John through the feeding tube.  It involves uncovering the loose end of the feeding tube, attaching a syringe to it, pouring Pediasure into the syringe, and then letting gravity do the rest.  The entire process takes about 20-25 minutes including the time it takes to let some water drain through afterwards to clean the tubing.  After they return home, they will be provided a disposable IV tree and a gravity bag to pour the Pediasure into so they will not need to manually hold up the syringe for the entire meal.  They were sent home with a spare feeding tube in case the current one accidentally got pulled out.  They would just need to bring John into an emergency room to get the new one re-inserted.  When he is not being fed a meal, the loose end of the tube just gets taped closed and safety pinned to the back of his shirt.