[tri-med] G-Tube update

Hi,
I promised some of you that I would keep you updated on my g-tube.   
It has been 4 weeks since surgery.  My incision is well healed.  My  
cast is off my leg and foot now, too, so I'm able to walk better.

But, my g-tube hurts intensely at the point of insertion.  It has not  
stopped hurting.  Now that I'm able to shower, the dried blood has  
come off.  I'm using Neosporin on it and keeping it covered with a  
4x4 bandage.  But each time I change it, there is a lot of drainage  
on the bandage.  And the pain is constant, causing me to use pain  
killers although today I thought I would try just Tylenol.  It hasn't  
done a thing.

Has anyone got any help?  I called the surgeon's office to talk to  
the nurse to see if this is normal.  She hasn't called back yet.   
Today is my last day of PT, and I'd like to have some answers before  
I go off the "home-bound" status.  Thank you to anyone who can offer  
some sort of suggestion.


Always there for a Hug and a Prayer!
Sheila Helleson                 Minnesota Grandma to:
Hope (T-18 ^i^ 11-1-1) & Alison (almost 4); Cadence (7.5 yrs) and  
Bridge (4 + yrs)
Mom to Cheryl (& Denny);  Wade (& Charity)
Wife to Richard

"Shared joy is double joy, and shared sorrow is half-sorrow."   
Swedish Proverb
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