Day 3-4

It was not a very good Thanksgiving yesterday.  Chad became nauseated around 3:30 am Thanksgiving morning.  The anti-nausea medicines weren't working and after Chad was vomiting for 12 hours, the Dr.'s decided to put in an NG tube (a tube that went in Chad's nose, down his throat and into his stomach).  The reason Chad was vomiting was because his bowels were not ready to start working yet and were not allowing anything to pass through them.  So, anything that could not go down came up. The Dr. said that this happens in about 20% of patients. The tube gave him some relief through the night last night, but he was uncomfortable with the tube down his throat and still vomiting, although not as frequently.  A little before noon today, Chad finally had the urge to use the restroom, a good sign that his bowels were waking up. The Dr. has said that this little setback will put Chad behind 1-2 days in his hospital stay. Hopefully Chad will begin a liquid diet soon.