(previewing the post before publishing I realized this is a barfing pun, knowing that, pun totally intended!)

Here’s the text I sent to Chris’ parents at 8:30 am this morning:

Good morning ❤️ I spent the entire day/night/early morning with Chris and I’m still at the hospital. He was in terrible pain, couldn’t stop vomiting, couldn’t sit or lay down, and didn’t rest at all 😐

The nurse was finally able to get an order to put in an NG tube (a tube through his nose into his stomach) in him around maybe 4:30 am or so (I’ll spare you the gory details right now). It immediately pulled out 2.5 liters of liquid sitting in his stomach. He felt much better after that and was able to lay on the bed and rest, but then around 6 am he woke up and pulled the tube out 😟 Let me tell you, this kid does not handle pain meds well… Unfortunately, I was curled up on the chair in his room, apparently sleeping, and didn’t hear him messing with it. The nurse inserted a new NG tube at 7:30 am, pumped out another liter, and now he’s resting again. We’re just waiting for the X-ray results to confirm the tube is in the right place in his stomach (again…). This poor guy hasn’t slept in 48+ hours and has vomited more times than I can count in the last 36 hours. I’m REALLY hoping he can get some rest today.

I’m so sorry for the shitty (no pun intended) news. His nurse was amazing last night/this morning – so kind and caring. Today we thank all that is good for Emily, the NG tube, no vomiting, and resting peacefully ❤️

I’m going to wait a bit longer to see if a doc comes in, how the x-ray is, and to make sure he doesn’t pull the damn tube out again before it’s triple taped on his face. Then I’ll go to the hotel, take my seizure meds and try to sleep a few hours. His phone is near him but I have the ringer off so it doesn’t wake him up.

Also, Claire’s roommate sent me a text last night at 7:30 pm, which I didn’t see until 9 am this morning, reminding me that it’s always darkest before dawn, and not to forget that “dawn” is just around the corner. I’m pretty sure it was dawn when the second NG tube was inserted. 🌞

Based on the NG tube placement x-ray, Chris does have small bowel obstruction where there is some bowel swelling, which they expect to work itself out, and we’ve been told he’ll be on the NG tube for about 2 days (not sure if that includes today). No one has mentioned going home but I have a feeling it won’t be on Wednesday. Dr. Liu will be back to see Chris tomorrow morning and, hopefully, he has a sense of the journey ahead.

Please, please keep Chris in your hearts tonight. Even just 4 or 5 hours of sleep would do him wonders. The NG tube is definitely not comfortable, so it won’t be great sleep, but some is better than none!

As always, thank you! I know Chris and I both have lots of texts we haven’t answered but I promise you I’ve seen them and I’m leaving the ones on Chris’ phone marked unread so he can open them when he’s feeling up to it.

XOXO