When Baby C puked non-stop, well, like every half-hourly, though in small amounts, our doctor inserted a nasal gastric tube through her nostrils. The tube goes into her tummy. Our doctor then aspirated the gas out from her tummy through the tube. Each time she felt like puking, the nurse would aspirate out the gas and dunno what liquid from her tummy. Sometimes, meds and milk that she had just eaten would be aspirated out too. Tube feeding can be done through the nasal gastric tube too.
The liquid aspirated out from Baby C’s tummy.
When Baby C’s bouts of vomiting got too frequent, the doctor ordered the nurses to aspirate the gas out from her tummy every 2-hourly. This bottle is now hanging outside Baby C’s nose all the time. I hope she will stop puking tomorrow so that the tube and bottle can be removed too.
oh poor little one. i hope there is no pain when the nurse does that.
Barb… according to our dr, it isn’t exactly painful but uncomfortable when the tube is inserted. But I think it is indeed painful and uncomfortable coz the tube goes right from the nostrils into the tummy! Sounds so terrible right? Baby C is really a tough cookie!