Thank you for your input. No we have not used Nystatin Powder. we will give it a try. We do use gauze with Bacitracin several times a day. The irritation gets better after use but the leak continues.... -- moe (dad), Rana (mom), Hamzeh (big brother) and Sweet Nejoud (T-18, Born 4/4/2006) Quoting Yazmin castro <beaunkev@xxxxxxxxx>: > Well my daughter's G-tube was leakinf the first 6 months after it was put in > and her Ped Surgery Specialist said to put Nystatin Powder around it. Do you > put gauze around the tube? If you don't you might want to try that. You need > to change the gauze 2 times a day or if you see it getting to wet then more > of course. Does your child's site look red, they sometimes get irritated from > the stomach juices. Her doctor gave us Bacitracin and it got so much better > within 1 week. > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Moe Taha <taham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 9:40:21 AM > Subject: [tri-med] G-Tube HELP needed.... > > > I need your help with the Nejoud's G-tube. For almost 3-months or more > Nejoud's > G-Tube is still leaking. We tried everything you can think of but with no > luck. > her doctor told us that our last option is surgery. > The last option is NOW. > I hate to put her through another g-tube surgery. It seems that surgery is an > extreme measure to solve what seems to be a minor problem. She does not do > well > with Anesthesia. Last MRI netted her 6-days in ICU. ANy > Suggestions??...Please > tell me how you solved similar problems...HELP please... > -- > moe (dad), Rana (mom), Hamzeh (big brother) and Sweet Nejoud (T-18, Born > 4/4/2006) > > > > > > > -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis -- > -- Type: image/pjpeg > -- File: Jan 07 to April 25, 2007 074.jpg > > > Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows > www.trisomyonline.org > Families Helping Families On-line > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows > www.trisomyonline.org > Families Helping Families On-line > > Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows www.trisomyonline.org Families Helping Families On-line