Crazy day yesterday. B was really unsettled in the afternoon. Turns out he had a sore tummy and he did an explosive poo everywhere, all over his tubes and wires. The nurse had to get him cleaned up, pulling dirty stickers off and putting new ones on etc. It took quite a while and he wasn't a happy baby.
He was finally able to have a feed and after was really tired, ready to go to sleep. He was due to have another dose of ABs put through one of his peripheral lines except the pump kept saying there was an occlusion. Turned out the line was leaking and he'd require a new one put in. Everyone was really busy though as there'd been a MET call for another kid on the ward and new patients from ICU coming through. The doctor was available when the nurses weren't and vice versa.
Just before midnight a guy came in to get a new line in. It was a very stressful and unsuccessful 45 mins as he tried to access the tiny veins in B's arms, hands and feet. Poor B was screaming. They gave up and called the doctors who agreed to B finishing the rest of the AB course orally.
This morning the doctors came by on rounds and took his dressing off. His wound doesn't look as bad as I was expecting, it's narrow and clean.
He's just been given a sedative and pain relief in preparation for taking his drains and pacing wires out. Later on today he'll hopefully also have his nasogastric tube out.
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