[tri-med] Gtube infection

Hi:

Our Pamela has been flinching a lot lately when inserting or turning her Mickey 
button.  Anyway I removed it once to see if anything was up and nothing 
particular. I thought perhaps it was hitting something that was irritating her. 
 Anyway I went to change the Mickey today, as it has been leaking, and when I 
pulled it her body language(she is not verbal) indicated it wasn't very 
pleasant. Well it was followed by a bit of perhaps pus but mostly blood?  In 
all of the eight years this has never happened.  Can you get an infection 
inside the stoma or further down???? I'm trusting that perhaps whatever it was 
has popped and the blood is a sign of drainage. Otherwise I would imagine I 
will see something on the outside that would indicate something else is 
happening. 

Anyone else experienced anything similar??


Betty mom to Pamela((Tri18)8yo, very active, charismatic personality, tube fed, 
reflux, also mom to Tina 22, Allan 17, Annette 15, Jennifer 10 and wife to Jim 
(British Columbia, Canada)

Betty mom to Pamela((Tri18)8yo, very active, charismatic personality, tube fed, 
reflux, also mom to Tina 22, Allan 17, Annette 15, Jennifer 10 and wife to Jim 
(British Columbia, Canada)


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