Milk part 2 - Breastfeeding
In my previous post I told you that our little scamp had pulled out her chest drain. Oh was she feisty! However, that meant cuddles again and, in truth, the surgeons said it was preferable to have it in but if its out, its out. There were others way of checking everything was healed and leak free! The time had come for cuddles and words cannot even begin to describe the wonderful feeling of having her in my arms again. The alternative approach is to feed her a liquid, called a contrast, and X-ray while she swallows it to see if any of the contrast is being aspirated, i.e. being breathed into her lung, and if any is leaking out of her oesophagus. I think it was around a week later that there was finally a slot to have this test. I went down to X-ray with her and I was fitted with protection so that I could stay with her, keep her comfortable and feed her the contrast. I just want to pause for a moment to say how wonderful all the doctors, nurses and specialists are. They supported ...