Eventful Sunday

I thought my wife would post about this, but she didn't.

So on Sunday at church, my wife and I get our special needs daughter out of her wheelchair just to hold her and give her a break.  As I was grabbing her, her feeding tube got caught on her wheelchair and popped out of her stomach.  She has a hole into her stomach to help her eat. The tube has a balloon on the end of it so it doesn't come out of her stomach, well it did.  Another problem we have is that the hole could close off in 20 minutes if a new tube isn't put in, then we would have no way to feed her or give her medications without surgical intervention

My wife grabbed our daughter and ran home as fast as she could.  When she got home, she tried to get a new tube placed in her stomach, but it had partially closed off, so she was unsuccessful.  She drove our daughter to the local hospital where we knew they really wouldn't be able to help as they are a small hospital.

My wife got there told them she needed transport to the Children's Hospital which could help her.  She was told that if they made our daughter a patient, they have to observe her for 1 hour, so what did my wife due?  She grabbed a phone at the hospital and called 911.  Imagine, "What's your location?"  "I'm at the hospital and I need an ambulance to the hospital"

In the meantime, I was able to get to the hospital they were at thanks to a friend, and I asked if I could try getting the tube in.  I tend to be more forceful than my wife.  The ambulance showed up, and I had not gotten the tube in.  The men pulled the gurney out and into the room. I threw my hands in the air and stated.."It's In!" We got it in without many complications.  We thanked the EMTs for showing up and being willing to transport us, but because the tube was in, we didn't need their help anymore.

So, luckily we saved ourselves a trip to the hospital and a trip in the ambulance.