Re: feeding tube infection- Geri-Anne

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hi geri-anne

I just wanted to give you a little more info re: medication for the

granulation issues.

my daughter had a lot of problems with this at first and the doctor

would use the silver nitrate sticks ... but for our daughter it was

very painful and did not really work well........so, we were then

given a cream (triamcinolone acetonide cream) and it did the job.

now, i just put a clean split gauze under the button daily and that

seems to work.

so, if the silver nitrate doesn't work for wyatt, you can inquire

about the cream. good luck.

bethany

mom to brennan 7, palmer & anna grace (leighs) 4

> Wyatt's feeding tube site is looking infected. It has a growth

like

> or maybe pulp like looking thingy coming out of the hole where the

> tube goes in. (Can you tell I'm not an english teacher ) I'm not

> quite sure how to explain it. It looks like extra skin, but not

> really. It is grayish red looking. We wash the area twice a day

> and tonight I put bacatracin on it and then covered it with an IV

> gauze. He was sensitive to me cleaning it but not when I put the

> bacatracin on it. Any idea what it is? or what I should do? I've

> heard others mention granules, I think, but not sure if this is it

> or what to do. Any help is appreciated.

>

> Geri-Anne and Wyatt, complex I