It’s Day 1 of Feeding Tube Awareness Week! Can you believe that all 3 of my girls have had a variety of feeding tubes? There are so many reasons someone might have one. For my older two, they were born premature and didn’t have the suck/swallow/breathe reflex that most newborns have.
LE initially got her tube for being Failure to Thrive. She has kept it due to ongoing GI issues. She still eats food, and loves to hang out in the pantry. The feeding tube did not slow her down or hinder her in any way, it lets her LIVE