Med Sched

Here's the list of medications that we're giving Caelan at home now...

6am	clonidine
	white amoxil
	pink amoxil
11am	vitamin D
12pm	clonidine
2pm	white amoxil
	pink amoxil
6pm	clonidine
9pm	methadone
	melatonin
10pm	prevacid
11pm	white amoxil
	pink amoxil
12am	nitrofurantoin
	clonidine

Clonidine and methadone are both to help with the withdrawal.
The white and pink amoxil are the new anitbiotics that they just started him on, or at least that's what I call them.  They have much longer complex names - novamoxin and amoxicillin /clavulanic acid suspension.  They're penicillin-type antibiotics.  They're pretty all encompasing and should cover any possible bacterial infections. 
Melatonin is to help him get a better, sounder sleep.
Prevacid is an anti reflux medication that Caelan used to be on prior to his fundoplication.  It's a precaution med to ensure that we're doing everything possible to protect the surgical site.
Nitrofurantoin is the prophylactic antibiotic that Caelan takes to protect his solitary kidney from the risks associated with urinary tract infections and urinary reflux.


We're continuing him on the same feeding schedule for now.  He has breakfast starting at 11pm, running at 70 ml/hour to a total volume of 500 mls.  Lunch starts at 11am and dinner at 5pm.  These both run at 110 ml/hour to a total volume of 250 mls each.  We're hoping that once everything settles we'll be able to increase the rate of those daytime feeds again and hopefully start a more traditional breakfast, lunch and dinner schedule with no overnight feeding.  Only time will tell.