The Plan for now

Dr. Geisler was just in and agreed with the move to full liquids for the rest of today. He said we will move to a soft diet tomorrow and see how that goes. He'll also probably transition off his pain pump and over to oral pain meds tomorrow. How he handles the soft diet will determine how much the TPN will be decreased and if we will go home with it or not. The TPN doctors were in as well and said we would soon be meeting with the intestinal rehab support team. They will help us on specific diet/supplements that will ensure Alex transitions back to oral intake only nutrition successfully. We need to make sure the food is not shooting through his GI tract too quickly where he's not absorbing the nutrients but also not too slowly where obstructions become a concern. He's pretty tired from all the activity this morning, so he's napping peacefully until his dinner tray comes up in about an hour.