G-Tube Advice
Posted by Debra C. Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP on 29th Dec 2011
Question: I am a mother to a baby who is 6.5 months old, corrected age. He was born at 29 weeks gestational age. Because of being on a high level of O2 support for a long period of time, being intubated several times, and experiencing reflux, he has had an aversion to liquids and was not able to learn how to suck on a bottle effectively. A g-tube was placed before he lef
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