[tri-med] Re: What do you do - feeding pump broke at night!

Karen you are a wealth of information...I'd love to take you home with me!!

>  But by the time Alex was 2 he was feeding
>himself, with the g-tube.

This is so amazing!

>I would load up the 60cc syring with food and hand it to Alex. He would
>attach it and then see how fast he could squirt it in.

And this very funny!!! I can only hope Natalia could comprehend that 
someday.  For now,  "when hungry"  she will grab her G-tube, (We use 
a 16"foley..for the G-tube)  She'll grab it, and hold it up, or put 
it in her mouth...that of course is when I am behind in feeding...It 
is rather cute! At least I know she is thinking!

>
>And as a PS Theresa - when you wash a syringe dont let the plunger dry
>outside of the syringe part - let them dry together. It stops the plastic
>from swelling and makes them run smoother and last longer.  But the oil is
>good - we do that as well. New syringes actually have a drop of silicone oil
>in them when you open them. Thats why the plunger is never all the way to
>the top. When you get a new syringe you are supposed to depress the plunger
>to let the oil coat the top of the plunger, then you draw it back to load.

Thank you so much.!!...Great Advise!!  :)    I never really paid much 
attention to the way the syringe was packaged, but I love the way it 
slides so easily when new...now I know why!!!

As for the oil, I've been wanting to ask "the list" about any oil 
that is good to lubricate but also had the added value of Vitamins.. 
Thought I would try doing that to add a bit of vitamin or something 
healthy instead of the olive oil each time I need to lubricate the 
plunger...I know a while back we were talking about EFD"s????? Guess 
I need to check the Archives...

Any suggestions...If you want to move this to a new subject to keep 
this thread on just the "pump advise"...please do so on the reply....

ThereseAnn
wife to Stephen, mom to Jacqueline 15, Nicolas 13, Jacob 9 and Natalia t13 4.
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