[tri-med] Re: granulation tissue

kam has fat rolls too but wears a 1.7 cm, 14 french.  the cm is how long the 
button is from the back to the balloon i think.  the french is the diameter 
of the tube you use (or the hole).  so the french is not the key it is the 
length of the stoma.  do you dress it out every day?  i know we dont have to 
but i put gauze around kams and clean it in the evening with a qtip and 
peroxide/water mix.  she gets the yellow stuff sometimes but i am lucky we 
have not had granulation issues.  so i cant help with that.  the dr should 
have used a stoma measuring device to see if he needs a 3 or 3.5 cm.
-jude, mom to derek-21, kelsey-19
and kameron-10-full t18 (hanging out so i will never be an empty nester)
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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!

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