he is currently getting everything through IV. They have a line in his stomach that is pumping everything out of it so that the intestines aren't trying to work while it's all healing...
On 12/14/06, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Congrats! > > So, you mentioned that you have to wait for the intestines to start > working...are they not working now? How does he absorb nutrients in > the mean time? It's such a wonder that what would have once been a > death sentence for a baby is now handled so well by modern medicine, > isn't it? > > On 12/13/06, Gert B. Frobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Meet Phoenix Skylar. He was born yesterday at 1:46pm. He weighed in at > 5lbs > > 11ozs and was 17.5 inches in length. He was born with a small birth > defect > > (we've known since week 18) called Gastroschisis (which you can see in > some > > of the pictures), other than that... he is doing great. He will more > than > > likely be in the NICU at DUKE for over a month. > > > > Talon is super, super excited. A little bummed that he won't even be > able to > > see Phoenix until he gets out of the hospital due to flu restrictions.. > > Jenene is doing great. Her contractions started at 4 minutes apart, so > it > > was definitely a race to the hospital :) > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/korneliuz/sets/72157594246041912/ > > > > > > .... > > Gastroschisis is an opening in the abdomen that has allowed the > intestines > > outside the body. The intestines are packed in a bag --called a silo-- > that > > allows gravity to slowly pull the intestines back into the body. This is > > done slowly so that the baby doesn't herniate something. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:222262 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
