Weight, what?!?

     The latter part of 2017 proved to be very busy for us.  In October, Kerstin had her g-tube changed to a gj-tube.  That was followed by a very unexpected stay in Children's Hospital.  However, since October and the continuous feedings she has been on a constant climb in pounds.  For the longest after getting the feeding tube Kerstin's weight had been fluctuating between 75 and 80 pounds.  She was healthy and her nutritionist was pleased with her progress.   

     Things were going well until they were not so good.  Kerstin started to have these smacking instances along with vomiting which would lead to gastro issues and her aspirating leading to aspiration pneumonia.  All of that lead to a few illnesses and hospital stays last year.  For the most part, and thankfully so, Kerstin has been pretty healthy with no major issues, just allergies lately.  

     The past few months, at various follow up appointments, whenever she has been weighed, Kerstin is no longer in a fluctuating phase on this feeding tube journey, she has been on a steady incline.  well over 90+ pounds.  Normally this may not be thought of as an issue but when you are immobile and assistance is needed for everything, that kind of sudden weight gain can be a bit much.  So, simple changes have been to her continuous volumes made with the hopes of keeping Kerstin in her range of 80-85 pounds. 

     We will see where these changes take us...

More water intake!  Drink up.

More to come...


It's happening so quickly!