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Re: Gastrostomy

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Okay. So a bolus feed is basically the same thing that Brockton had in the NICU

when the tube was in his belly button and we had to use a little machine or push

the plunger down by hand?

Jodi Zwain wrote: A gastrostomy is the placement of the

gastrostomy tube, then button. That's the tube

placed into the stomach for feeding with a pump or with bolus feeds (using a

large syringe

filled with formula).

Jodi Z

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