When McKenzie was five weeks old. she received a G-Tube. I never imagined feeding our baby through a tube, or giving her sponge baths but this is what she needed so this is what we had to do. In October she was supposed to have her G-Tube changed to a different type of feeding tube, however, due to her heart surgery being unexpectedly moved up she had to wait for her GI. On December 3rd, we took McKenzie to Arnold Palmer for her Micky Button placement (different type of feeding tube).
During her surgery, the doctor is also going to do an upper endoscopy to check for food allergies and any irritation in her stomach that may be causing blood in her G-Tube.
Even though we get to take her home after surgery, it never gets easy to hand her to doctors/nurses and watch them walk away.
Thankfully, the surgery was very fast! McKenzie got taken back and before we knew it, we got an update saying she was done! The doctor came and explained his findings, which was irritation in her stomach but said she did well and we could continue trying to feed by mouth but best of all, we can give her a bath again!
Since birth, McKenzie was only home long enough to have one bath. A few days after her surgery, we were able to give her a bath and she loved it! Sometimes, it's the smallest things you'd never image missing until you aren't able to do them. Giving McKenzie a bath again was so exciting!
