Your child will be weighed everyday. This helps the health care team know how much to give your child to keep fluids balanced. Your child will be on a special diet during and after the transplant. Nutrition is very important during a bone marrow transplant so cells can heal and grow. If your child is not able to eat, special IV fluids will provide nutrition until he or she can eat again.
Tube feedings are another source of nutrition.
A tube is inserted through the nose and threaded to the stomach. Feedings through the tube allow your child to get the nutrition needed until he or she is ready to eat again. The dietician will teach you about the meal plans your child will follow, and how to prepare and store food properly to prevent problems. The dressing around the central venous line is usually changed twice a week. At first, the nurse will change the dressing.