{"id":3448,"date":"2010-06-21T12:53:02","date_gmt":"2010-06-21T18:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/?p=3448"},"modified":"2010-06-21T12:55:14","modified_gmt":"2010-06-21T18:55:14","slug":"gi-update-clogged-tube-and-tape-removal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/21\/gi-update-clogged-tube-and-tape-removal\/","title":{"rendered":"GI Update: Clogged Tube and Tape Removal"},"content":{"rendered":"

First of all, I want you all to go check out this post on gastroparesis<\/a> at LittleStomaks<\/a> today that mentions us.\u00c2\u00a0 I was SO excited to read this!\u00c2\u00a0 This post is the result of a comment I left on a post last week about when to worry about your underweight child<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 It totally made my day to help spread some information about gastroparesis!\u00c2\u00a0 LittleStomaks<\/a> is a fantastic blog about toddler nutrition, and I hope you’ll check it out!<\/p>\n

Now, on to the update…<\/p>\n

When we’re actually using The Littlest Apple’s NG tube with a formula that doesn’t make him hyperactive<\/a>, we feel encouraged and hopeful that he’s gaining weight and getting the calories he needs.\u00c2\u00a0 But it seems that more often than not, we’re facing obstacle<\/a> after obstacle<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Does it seem that way to you, too, my readers?<\/p>\n

We waited on the shipment of new formula (the one containing pureed chicken, peas, green beans, peaches and cranberries) for 5 days. During those 5 days, we opted NOT to use the old formula since it was making him so crazy.\u00c2\u00a0 So finally, FINALLY the new formula came last Thursday!\u00c2\u00a0 That evening, we set everything up, primed the pump, then checked the NG tube only to find it CLOGGED!\u00c2\u00a0 The NG tube should be flushed out with water after each night feed, but during those 5 days of nothing, we didn’t flush it because we didn’t put any formula in it.\u00c2\u00a0 Lesson learned.\u00c2\u00a0 Flush your NG tube at least once a day, whether you’re using it or not.
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When an NG tube gets clogged, you have to remove it and place a new one which is traumatic for everyone involved (to say the least).\u00c2\u00a0 But just to add another obstacle, we didn’t really have the supplies we needed on hand.\u00c2\u00a0 (Another lesson learned-always have a spare tube!<\/em>).\u00c2\u00a0 We removed the tube and tape on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

Here’s what his cheek looked like under the tape:<\/p>\n

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It was even bleeding a little. (Oh, and he’s got fudgsicle on his face too, in case you were wondering.)\u00c2\u00a0 Poor kid.\u00c2\u00a0 Looks like he was allergic to the most recent tape we used.\u00c2\u00a0 The tape (Duoderm) was supposed to be gentler on the skin than the harsher Tegederm (which we use on top of that).\u00c2\u00a0 I guess I should have been prepared for that since I had a blistery reaction to the tape used after my emergency c-section when The Littlest Apple was born and after my ruptured ectopic pregnancy surgery<\/a> in December.\u00c2\u00a0 The Littlest Apple certainly seems to have inherited all of my skin sensitivities.<\/p>\n

So now we’re keeping the NG tube out and tape off his face until his cheeks heal.\u00c2\u00a0 This is really slowing his weight gain down, but I’m thoroughly enjoying kissing his sweet little (slightly chubbier?) cheeks in the meantime.\u00c2\u00a0 And dreading the NG tube re-placement.\u00c2\u00a0 The Picky Apple and I have decided we’re going to try it on our own next time.<\/p>\n

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First of all, I want you all to go check out this post on gastroparesis at LittleStomaks today that mentions us.\u00c2\u00a0 I was SO excited to read this!\u00c2\u00a0 This post is the result of a comment I left on a post last week about when to worry about your underweight child.\u00c2\u00a0 It totally made my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,67,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gastroparesis","category-medical","category-motherhood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3448"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3454,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3448\/revisions\/3454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}