Sentences with phrase «kept on the feeding tube»

If a patient's seizures continued, he or she was kept on the feeding tube ketogenic diet, but additional anti-seizure medications were given as well.

Not exact matches

Two people are often required for this task; one starting the siphon and feeding the tube into the empty bottle, and one keeping the siphon at the right position in the jug on the countertop.

At some point, he decided he didn't really like boob but did get to a point where he would do bottle and would take in just enough 24 cal / oz milk (20 cal bm fortified w / formula) to meet his needs so he could just barely keep up on his weight and get rid of that annoying / uncomfortable / somewhat dangerous feeding tube.

This is why if, within a few hours, baby is vomiting, an intravenous tube will be inserted and baby will be fed formula to make sure they can start on the process of growing and keeping down the nourishment.

A preemie may need to stay in the NICU, be fed through a tube, kept warm using special beds, and be on oxygen therapy.

Now after two days he held his head up, stuck his tail up and by Tuesday he was moving around.I kept him on Clavamox for a week just in case he was getting a cold.I was also putting fluids under his skin several times a day.One week later Friday the 31 st.he was eating up to 5cc of milk.He only weighed 2 oz.on the vets scale and 4 oz.on my scale.Today November 16,2008 my husband has named him Beetle Bug and he is 6 weeks old Monday November 17,2008, and only weighs 5 oz.He walks, plays, pees and poops on his own.Why he even has his teeth coming in.I took him to show the vet and I saw a huge smile on his face.I just wanted to thank him for taking the time to show me how to tube feed a puppy his size as I felt more at ease now doing it.I was just afraid to try it.He told me he didn't think the puppy would make it, and told me I was the one who saved him, not him.I believe Jesus sent me to him that day for the vet to show me how to tube feed; for if I ever was in that situation ever again.And I believe it was Jesus working through me that saved that puppy.The part of this story and hopefully it might save a puppy out there someday is Never give up.Remember Heat is the most important factor.Get your puppy warm and it might save their life.

He developed pneumonia on top of the parvo, his white blood cells were nonexistent and on Tuesday they put a feeding tube in through his nose because he couldn't keep any food down.