after the recent a+e trips and the problems we have been having with Josh and his tummy they brought his appointment forward as an emergency one for yesterday.
we were convinced we would be talking about possible obstruction and what tests / plan there would be for that as they had said this at the last appointment. However she thought it sounded still like other bowel troubles and wants to see if it improves with diet and give his bowel a chance to heal also, so......
for the next 6-8 weeks at least he is on an 'elemental diet'. Basically he has 5 +cartons of a complete nutrition drink only, for every meal, and only water/ice are allowed with it. Initially she thought he would need a ng tube again to take these feeds but the dietician thought it was worth a try to see if he will drink it orally first, however it is still a possibilty if he cannot manage enough to sustain himself.
This is obviously going to have quite an impact on both him and us as a family, with a lot of changes to our meal times and what we do socially etc, and i can't imagine he'll be very happy not to eat after we have sucessfully got him being a really good eater.
Then there is eventually the transition back to eating again...
we were convinced we would be talking about possible obstruction and what tests / plan there would be for that as they had said this at the last appointment. However she thought it sounded still like other bowel troubles and wants to see if it improves with diet and give his bowel a chance to heal also, so......
for the next 6-8 weeks at least he is on an 'elemental diet'. Basically he has 5 +cartons of a complete nutrition drink only, for every meal, and only water/ice are allowed with it. Initially she thought he would need a ng tube again to take these feeds but the dietician thought it was worth a try to see if he will drink it orally first, however it is still a possibilty if he cannot manage enough to sustain himself.
This is obviously going to have quite an impact on both him and us as a family, with a lot of changes to our meal times and what we do socially etc, and i can't imagine he'll be very happy not to eat after we have sucessfully got him being a really good eater.
Then there is eventually the transition back to eating again...
No comments:
Post a Comment