Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Quick trip to Indy tomorrow

Welllll...while getting Gabe changed earlier, I caught a glimpse at the site where his tube goes into his tummy under the nipple protecting it and something didn't look right. When I moved the nipple up I noticed the stitches were around the tube and no longer in Gabe. Ok....don't panic...call Indy. Fortunately Dr. Rouse was the attending surgeon, so I didn't have to explain anything - just told him what happened. We had just seen him yesterday here in Evansville, so this was a surprise to both of us. He talked us through taping the tube so it wouldn't (hopefully) come out and asked us to get to Indy first thing in the morning. He didn't really know who to refer us to down here, especially given Gabe's anatomy inside and the fact that the tube has only been in two weeks. We would feel better having someone who knows Gabe take care of it anyway, so we'll deal with the drive. So it looks like he'll be getting his "button" about two weeks early.

Speaking of "excitement", word is getting around that somebody was trying to get into our house last night. Everybody is fine, and he didn't get in. The man had been released from St Mary's Hospital for drug use and somehow wound up banging on our front door in a panic. Josh quickly got on the phone and, as I am sure you can imagine, we had plenty of help in a matter of minutes. Fortunately Justin and Kendrick slept through the whole incident. We really do live in a good neighborhood, this was just a freak thing. Talk about adrenaline!

2 comments:

Becky said...

The button will be much nicer. Just to let you know, anytime my niece had g-tube issues my sister always ended up having to bring her back up to Riley. She took her to the emergency room in Jasper once when Emily's button came out and she couldn't get one back in, but the docs weren't able to do it either.
Have a safe trip and hope things go well!

jenni becker said...

Wittmer Family...

That 'giggle' and angelic look on Gabe's face is so precious~It is so good to see him so happy~ but why wouldn't he be with two big brothers to entertain him & such a loving family to nurture and take care of his every need!

Enjoy every minute!! :+)

Take care and give all three boys a hug for me.

Continuing to keep Gabriel in our prayers!! Jenni Becker