[tri-med] Re: granulation tissue

When we took care of Eric, his tube was the same way.  It was like it never 
really healed up.  I'm not sure why, we just lived with it.  I do know that 
if the tube moves around a lot, it tends to make the area sensitive and 
"oozy", because it starts to heal and then the tube moves and breaks open 
the healed portion, forcing the skin to try and heal up again.  It's like a 
scab being picked.  At least that was what our dr. told us.  Luckily, 
Elanor's tube site is really nice.  Nurses have made the comment that it is 
one of the best looking stomas they've seen.  We just make sure it is dry 
and we put triple antibiotic ointment on it a lot because she fiddles and 
scratches it when it leaks.  The ointment actually toughens the skin.  I 
quit using it for awhile, and the site was always tender and raw, so I 
figured the toughening of the skin was a good thing.  It also creates a 
barrier so the moisture can't chap her skin.  I'm not sure it would help 
Morgan, but that's what we do!


I'd like to be OCD, but I just don't have the time...

Jennifer, mom to Arwen, 9; Elanor, 7 (T18); caregiver to Joe 28, (CP); and 
wife to Andrew.
Boise, Idaho, USA
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "M H MC*CORMICK" <hollyandms@xxxxxxx>
To: "tri-med" <tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 7:21 AM
Subject: [tri-med] granulation tissue


>I need some help figuring out why Morgan still has so much granulation 
>tissue around his g-tube.  He has had it for over a year and a half now and 
>the granulation tissue still constantly forms.  He is using a mic-key 18 
>French 3.5.  Last spring I had him to the surgeon's office to check it out 
>and he decided it was due to the position of the button (it rests in a 
>crease between two, ummmmm how can I put this delicately?, fat rolls)  So, 
>we changed button size from 18 Fr 3.0 to the 3.5.  This new size is 
>definitely loose, but it seemed to help at first.  I asked about using 
>cortisone for the granulation tissue and got in trouble by the dr. for 
>asking such a question.  He told me under no circumstances was I to put 
>cortisone cream on that site.  So, I have been using the silver nitrate, 
>which hurts Morgan like he**.  I am doing it once a week.  If I don't do it 
>the tissue gets very sore and bleeds.  I am stuck between a rock and a hard 
>place with this issue.  Now, I am question
> ing could he be allergic to the button?  Or, is it possible there is an 
> infection in there they doesn't clear up?  (There is an almost constant 
> yellowish, greenish discharge.)   Help!
>
>
> "A handicap is an added burden given to a superior contender to equalize 
> the contest."
>
> Holly -- wife of Mike
> mom of Morgan (10 yrs. old) unbalanced translocation resulting in partial 
> t18q and partial monosomy 9p
> grandma to William Max
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