Yet another NGT

Raphael extracted his NGT again this evening. After his evening oral milk feed he rolled over to play and after a very short time stated to vomit out everything that he had drunk. I was too slow to catch this one with a chuck cloth, but fortunately it was caught by the blanket that we have laid on the ground to catch just such an occurrence.

One of his expulsions pushed out part of the tube. In the heat of the moment I was in two minds as to whether it was still in far enough for me to push it back in again. My indecision gave him the chance to reach up and he tugged it out further. That became the deciding factor and I pulled the rest of the tube out.

If he would have managed to hold onto the tube for just two more weeks then he might not have had to have another one fitted. We have tentatively got a surgery date to have a G-tube fitted (along with CT scan, grommets, and ABR) in two weeks time - more on that later, as we are not exactly sure what is going on with that yet.