Good News: Nasogastric Tube Removal and Hospital Stay

I've got some good news to share with you all, thanks for being so kind and supportive. The nasogastric tube has been taken out of my nose and gut, which is a big relief for me. If you don't know what an NG tube is, it stands for nasogastric tube, which is essentially a device that gets shoved into your nose down the back of your throat all the way through your sinuses and into your stomach. It sucks out everything that you've ever eaten, and it's good for when you have a battle obstruction because it prevents food from getting packed into one spot and causing your intestines to rupture. That's no good for anybody, especially me, so I'm glad that's taken care of.

We did a bunch of tests this morning, including x-rays and scans, as well as some contrast to see if things were moving through me. It seemed like things were moving through okay, which is good news. The doc said we're going to take it out and observe a little longer, but only if I can have a bowel movement. You know what I mean - if you can poop then your intestines are working properly, so that's the goal here. We're just waiting on that to happen.

I'm still not allowed to eat anything at the moment, which is fine because it means I don't risk causing any complications in my gut. The doc said that if I can have a bowel movement, then everything is on the up and up, and we'll avoid surgery this time. That's always a plus - avoiding surgery is never good news. But for now, I'm just going to be in the hospital for another night or so, just to make sure everything checks out.

Thanks again to everyone who has been sending kind wishes my way. It means a lot to me, and I appreciate it more than you can know. And just to put it out there, I don't think it was the Pop-Tarts that came after me because I dared to take down Mr. Kellogg himself. I mean, I know there are conspiracy theories floating around about it being some kind of revenge from beyond the grave, but I don't really think that's it. Still, you never know, so I'll keep that in mind.

For now, I'm going to go take a nap and try to rest up for my hospital stay. Thanks again for all your support - I'll keep you posted if there are any changes or updates, okay?

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi i've got good news uh the ng tube has been taken out of my nose and my gut because that's what it does if you don't know what an ng tube is it stands for nasogastric tube which means it's this horrifying device that gets shoved into your nose down the back of your throat all the way through your sinuses and into your stomach and it sucks out everything that you've ever eaten and it's good for when you have like a battle obstruction because it means that you know you don't just get all that food packed into this one spot and cause your intestines to rupture that's no good for anybody especially me so that's taken care of but we did a bunch of tests this morning a lot of x-rays and a lot of scans and some contrast to see if things were moving through me and it seemed like things were moving through okay which is good so the doc said we're gonna take it out and observe a little longer i'm still not allowed to eat anything but the doc said that if i can have a bowel movement then everything is on the up and up you know what i mean because that makes sense you can poop then your intestines are working so we're just waiting on that but i am going to be in the hospital for probably another night just for observation so they can check up on me and make sure nothing is going to explode in my gut which would not be good but it does look like that i will avoid surgery this time which is always a plus so uh yeah that's it for now a little bit longer for me in the hospital but thanks everybody for karen and uh you know i just really appreciate all the kind wishes and also i don't think it was the pop tarts i know there's a lot of conspiracy theories out there about it was the pop-tarts that came after me because i i dared to do to dis mr kellogg himself but um i don't think that he's posthumously attacking me from my intestines but you never know so i'll keep that in mind but uh thanks and i'll keep you posted if there's any changes okay i'm gonna go nap now byehi i've got good news uh the ng tube has been taken out of my nose and my gut because that's what it does if you don't know what an ng tube is it stands for nasogastric tube which means it's this horrifying device that gets shoved into your nose down the back of your throat all the way through your sinuses and into your stomach and it sucks out everything that you've ever eaten and it's good for when you have like a battle obstruction because it means that you know you don't just get all that food packed into this one spot and cause your intestines to rupture that's no good for anybody especially me so that's taken care of but we did a bunch of tests this morning a lot of x-rays and a lot of scans and some contrast to see if things were moving through me and it seemed like things were moving through okay which is good so the doc said we're gonna take it out and observe a little longer i'm still not allowed to eat anything but the doc said that if i can have a bowel movement then everything is on the up and up you know what i mean because that makes sense you can poop then your intestines are working so we're just waiting on that but i am going to be in the hospital for probably another night just for observation so they can check up on me and make sure nothing is going to explode in my gut which would not be good but it does look like that i will avoid surgery this time which is always a plus so uh yeah that's it for now a little bit longer for me in the hospital but thanks everybody for karen and uh you know i just really appreciate all the kind wishes and also i don't think it was the pop tarts i know there's a lot of conspiracy theories out there about it was the pop-tarts that came after me because i i dared to do to dis mr kellogg himself but um i don't think that he's posthumously attacking me from my intestines but you never know so i'll keep that in mind but uh thanks and i'll keep you posted if there's any changes okay i'm gonna go nap now bye\n"