tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581317431133132518.post4133881146718073589..comments2023-07-25T06:31:22.641-05:00Comments on Jude; The diary of a baby and a stroke: Wednesday UpdateJennifer Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14350225247489608653noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581317431133132518.post-42874614250513338232014-07-09T22:57:03.179-05:002014-07-09T22:57:03.179-05:00Good to know Elissa! Thank you very much. I have r...Good to know Elissa! Thank you very much. I have really thought from the start it was something with his bowels. I really appreciate your feedback. Jennifer Ortizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350225247489608653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581317431133132518.post-89987544033671868692014-07-09T20:00:51.724-05:002014-07-09T20:00:51.724-05:00Hi!
I'm a nurse at a children's hospital ...Hi! <br />I'm a nurse at a children's hospital here in Canada, and used to work on the surgical unit where we did lots of baclofen trials and pump insertions for kids with CP. Just wanted to say that it isn't unusual up here for our kiddos to get a post-operative paralytic ileus - especially if the pump is running already (baclofen relaxes all the muscles, including the bowel muscles!). I don't know why, but kids with CP seem especially prone to this post-op... Anyways, we give them bowel rest, TPN for nutrition, minimize opioids like morphine (we try to use other meds for pain control as much as possible) and try to mobilize as much as we can to get the bowels moving again.<br />All this being said, I obviously don't know Jude, and you are his best advocate, so if your gut is saying that something else is up - you should follow your gut!! Hope he gets better quick :o)<br />Elissa Micernicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03142223567040930094noreply@blogger.com