[tri-med] Re: leaky g-tubes

Thanks Karen!  She doesn't have granulation tissue yet.  We tried 
adding more water to her old balloon.  It didn't help.  This new 
button is doing much better, but still leaks occasionally.  I am 
feeling a little less frustrated today (about the leaking :) ).  

Rebecca, mom to Kashi (18) and Ruth (full t-13, 3/25/04), stepmom 
to Josh (33)



---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Karen" <karens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 07:05:39 +1000

>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "mabeccacws"
>> she's got a microvasive button (14fr 1.0cm).  it leaks around 
the
>> peg into her stoma.
>
>The microvasive button is a balloon tip - similar to the Mic-Key.
>Does she have any granulation tissue? Granulation is red, proud 
flesh that 
>seems to "grow" out of the stoma.
>Granulation tissue makes the stoma larger and allows leaking.  If 
thats the 
>problem it can be treated a number of ways.
>
>A 14 french is fairly small, so any granulation will make the 
stoma too 
>large.
>
>Another thing to check is the amount of water in the balloon. You 
will need 
>to check the instruction book for the microvasive but the 
recommendation for 
>the Mic-Key is 3 to 10 mls. I usually put in 4 mls at each change 
and if its 
>leaking around the stoma I had another ml until it stops. It 
usually only 
>takes another ml or 2
>
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