We had another rough day today! We had a nice visit from Aunti Staci, but pretty soon Leah started coughing and gagging on her tube because it was clogged. When the nurse replaced it, somehow the positioning wasn’t quite right, because after a few minutes Leah started gagging and would not stop! The nurse had gone on her lunch break by that time and the nurses who were covering for her helped me suction her mouth – ultimately we had to just leave the tube out for a bit because every time the nurses tried to put it back in, Leah would just cough and gag and turn unpleasant colors in the face. Finally BabyBug’s nurse came back and just re-taped the whole thing, and then after that it was fine for most of the day. She did have another little episode later in the day where she started gagging a bit and coughed up a spitball, but at least it wasn’t as bad as that first episode. It was not fun!! She wore herself out, too; she slept for a good chunk of the day. Poor kid. She puts up with so much! It seems like this is happening more and more often as she grows.

I love my crazy Aunti Staci!

“E.T. Phone Home!” Craaaaaazy Aunti Staci strikes again.

Catching her breath during a tube change. Poor tubeless BabyBug!

“What an exhausting day!”