Christopher has to have a gastrojejunostomy (G-J Tube) tube put into his tummy to replace the gastrostomy tube. A G-J tube by-passes the stomach and goes through the pyloric valve, directly into the small bowel. The reason for this is because Christopher has bad gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) , which upsets him (think heartburn/ indigestion) and lowers his oxygen saturations. The only other way to get past this is to give Christopher IV Fluids in replacement, but then he will not continue to grow.

Christopher’s PIC line has collapsed and he will have this replaced when he has his lip repair to limit the amount of anaesthetics. If you remember, Chris had the PIC line inserted as he has shy veins and needed to have IV access for the Vesticostomy operation and it was supposed to stay viable until his lip operation tomorrow. My poor kid. He always has to write his own story!!