I forgot to share with you the answers to the questions I had when we went to the clinic on Friday...
1. Bark Dust: Our doctor told us "as long as he doesn't smoke it or eat it, he's ok" (I love our doctor!)
2. Swallowing Pills: We tried the peanut butter - it seemed to work on Friday (unfortunately, it didn't last...)
3. PICC dressing: Nope, it was OK - we'll change in on Tuesday...
4. Hand, Foot, and Mouth Virus: No exposure while visible sores from anyone in the family...
Here is an update on Saturday and Sunday:
On Saturday morning, we were really hoping that the peanut butter with the Prednisone would work. Since Eric didn't have to go to work, we gave Alex an hour to try and eat it - NO LUCK - he would take tiny bites, and had a fit when we tried to get him to eat the two bites. We ended up having to hold him down again and give him the Prednisone in the mango sherbet again - it was awful.
Not only that, but on Saturday and Sunday we have to give Alex Septra (an antibiotic to ward against Pneumonia). It's grape flavored, and Alex likes grape. But, he is so worked up about *any* medicine, that we have to hold him down for that one now too...it's so hard, and Alex just cries and pleads for us not to do it...we hate it - and so does Alex...
We tried having him swallow mini m&m's to practice swallowing pills, in hopes that we could avoid the "icky" medicine. He got to the point of swallowing the m&m's, but when it came to practice with the gel caps (filled with sugar), he spit it out - he hated the "slimy" texture. So, back to the frozen mango sherbet...
He gaged on his medicine, and we ended up having to push one of his Septra doses back to Monday...I hope it gets easier...
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Rob says to try apple sauce for the pills if you haven't already. He's 22 and just learned how to swallow pills 2 years ago and that's how he used to do it. Worth a shot! Thank you for keeping us updated. I think about you everyday.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Lisa