{"id":9010,"date":"2018-08-17T14:58:08","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T21:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=9010"},"modified":"2018-08-17T14:58:53","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T21:58:53","slug":"7-quick-takes-feeding-tube-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=9010","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes: Feeding Tube Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/7qt.jpg\" alt=\"7 Quick Takes\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt1\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt1\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 1 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fun with science.<\/strong> This morning, I was hurriedly prepping Daniel&#8217;s morning feed and forgot to take the plastic tip off the tubing while I was priming it. The pressure from the feeding pump shot it across the kitchen at my dad. Thankfully, he was amused.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt2\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt2\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 2 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>My &#8220;helper&#8221;.<\/strong> Minion likes to supervise the prep process&#8230; sitting next to the parts while I&#8217;m prepping them. Did I mention that I do the prep on the kitchen table and that we have a &#8220;no kittens on the table&#8221; policy? Yep&#8230; totally enforced. A step in my prep that gets repeated frequently is &#8220;remove the kitten from the work area&#8221; and the kitten is thankfully small enough that I can lift him with one hand. (Currently, the little monster is at my feet.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt3\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt3\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 3 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lenten meal idea.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/tasty.co\/recipe\/pulled-eggplant-bbq\">This<\/a> looks pretty amazing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt4\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt4\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 4 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Black Cat Appreciation Day.<\/strong> Black Cat Appreciation Day is today. Minion is, unfortunately, feeling unappreciated because he&#8217;s in my room for &#8220;reflection time&#8221; because he was beating up Jethro. Sorry Little Panther, we don&#8217;t want another vet bill for an abscess on Jethro. Not to mention, he&#8217;d have to wear an Elizabethan collar and we would laugh at him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt5\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt5\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 5 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>To my Catholic readers.<\/strong> I know some of you are really struggling, especially since some of you know the priests that have been named. I&#8217;m keeping you in my prayers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt6\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt6\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 6 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Done.<\/strong> I just submitted my last assignment for my summer class. Given that I currently have 100% in the class, I&#8217;m happy as long as I get a 50% or higher on the assignment so that I end up with a flat A. (The college doesn&#8217;t do A-plusses.) I mean, having a solid 100% in the class would be an ego booster, but I&#8217;m happy as long as I keep my 3.99 GPA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt7\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt7\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 7 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Another blog.<\/strong> I&#8217;m putting a blog together for G-tube things. Would anyone like to see what a feeding entails? Let me know.<\/p>\n<p>For more Quick Takes, visit Kelly at <a href=\"http:\/\/thisaintthelyceum.org\">This Ain&#8217;t The Lyceum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212; 1 &#8212; Fun with science. This morning, I was hurriedly prepping Daniel&#8217;s morning feed and forgot to take the plastic tip off the tubing while I was priming it. 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