2nd ER visit

Well another long, frustrating, almost pointless visit to the ER yesterday. Avery's j-tube came out again. The balloon had a hole in it, I don't know what is causing it to get the hole. This time I called the hospital ahead of time to let them know we were coming in and we would not be having a repeat experience. Things started off well, we got into a room quickly. Then it all went downhill from there. We did not have a replacement tube b/c we just used our replacement two weeks ago and the new tube she is supposed to be getting had not arrived yet. We put in her g-tube to keep the site open and so we could give her meds. The hospital staff had no clue what to do. People just walked in asking questions and basically telling us they would have to call someone else to get answers. We waited and waited and waited. Six hours later we told them we were taking Avery home and that we would give her slow g-tube feeds to avoid staying the night. All the right tubes were located today but there seems to be only one doctor to put it in and he is on vacation and then working a week of nights so he can not put it in. I thought that Pitt had the capabilities to place a simple j-tube or g-j tube but they do not. It is insane. It is very sad that I am probably going to have to start driving all the way to Duke or Chapel Hill to get a tube replacement.