Well Im yawning as I type this and Reece and Daddy are snoozing .... Last night as I helped Reece go to the bathroom, I lifted him up and OUT came the mickey button....balloon and all!!!!!!!!!!!!! It got caught under the wheel even though I had some slack in my hand. Being this was the 1st time this had happened, you know I was freaking out....even though they tell you not too, HUH!!!! Thats my baby and he is standing there w/ a hole in his tummy and formula oozing out of it!!!!!!! Reece was cool as a cucumber. I on the other hand was flipping out/ I laid him down and tried to put it back in 2x. no luck....the 3rd time I pushed a little harder, and it went in......WHOOOHOOO!!!!! In the meantime I had called home health to assist me and it took them 20-30 min to call me back!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All the nurse said was that she didnt think the on call nurse knew how to deal w/ a mickey button!!!!!! WHAT??????!!!!!!!! (and she talked real sloowwwww.) Good grief lady.....I said well Im not wasting anymore time....Im taking him to the ER, she said I think thats the best thing to do!!!! DUH!!!! I just wanted some help here!!!!! Well when we got there....it took 10 min for someone to come to the window..... I was like does anyone work here? The insurance lady said calm down mam someone will be w/ you shortly..... Well when? He was triaged blah! blah! blah! When they found out that I had put it back in they were like oh ok! But anyway ya'll know how the ER waiting game goes. We got ther at 2am and we got home aroung 6:30am!!!! The did an X ray to make sure it was in the right spot...the put some liquid radiation dye in his tube to see if it was spilling out...it wasnt!!! So then we had to wait for the radiologists read that 1 hour later before we got to ho home!!! Since it is still new...Mar 2nd is when it was placed. The ER docs couldnt do anything so thats what we were waiting on....the g tube resident...she was in surgery!!!!!! WHEW!!!!!
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longggg night.....well morning
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Sorry about your night Leah. I hate the waiting at the window. It's like, THIS IS THE ER, why isn't someone sitting there 24/7 unless there is a code or something.
Glad to hear you did get it back in and that everything looked well when they did the X ray. Is there another ER you can go to next time or only 1 real close? I know I started driving about 40mins further to attend a better ER because I just had it with the one close to my house. Not sure how ideal that is with a little one though.
I hope you get some sleep today <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
Glad to hear you did get it back in and that everything looked well when they did the X ray. Is there another ER you can go to next time or only 1 real close? I know I started driving about 40mins further to attend a better ER because I just had it with the one close to my house. Not sure how ideal that is with a little one though.
I hope you get some sleep today <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
Leah,
Although your post definitely related your frustration with the entire event, I had to laugh because it reminded me of when this happened to us.
Sami had this little "ballet tutu" number on and my mother took her upstairs to change her clothes. Suddenly, I heard her shouting to me in a panic and I ran upstairs. My mom was standing there, MicKey in hand with the balloon still inflated! It had caught onto the tutu.
She panicked, I panicked! I started talking about getting to the hospital - my husband calmly strolled into the room got out a syringe, deflated the balloon into the syringe, placed the button again, and re-inflated the balloon, and without a word, walked out of the room!
That's why I love him so much!
Maria (mom to Sami, three years old, w/cf and a "tubie-tube" - that's what she calls her g-tube)
Although your post definitely related your frustration with the entire event, I had to laugh because it reminded me of when this happened to us.
Sami had this little "ballet tutu" number on and my mother took her upstairs to change her clothes. Suddenly, I heard her shouting to me in a panic and I ran upstairs. My mom was standing there, MicKey in hand with the balloon still inflated! It had caught onto the tutu.
She panicked, I panicked! I started talking about getting to the hospital - my husband calmly strolled into the room got out a syringe, deflated the balloon into the syringe, placed the button again, and re-inflated the balloon, and without a word, walked out of the room!
That's why I love him so much!
Maria (mom to Sami, three years old, w/cf and a "tubie-tube" - that's what she calls her g-tube)
i have been to the er a few times due to problems with my picc migrating up into the artery in my neck and it's all about timing. i have been there at 2am on a friday night when all the drunk people are there for their injuries from falling down or fighting and i must say it's really funny to watch when you are sober! the worst is seeing a parent come to pick up there young teen who had been drinking, you just know that they are going to be in a lot more pain the next morning <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> when i had my first hemoptysis my dad rushed me over to the er(which is right across the street from our house) and just took me in the ambulance entrance, no waiting. a couple other times, for the picc, i have waited up to 2-3 hours on those busy nights.