A little bit of g-tube drama

I'll start from the beginning of the story. When Jax had his nissen redone on Feb. 4, they put a new g-tube in. They put in a 14 french, 1.5. Well he normally has a 1.0. A 1.5 is way to long for him. It was leaking all the way through his clothes. So we moved him down to a 1.2, I told them he needs a 1.0 but they said we have to try it. Whatever, so the 1.2 was leaking too.

So when he was in the hospital last weekend the stoma nurse ordered me a 1.0 and we put it in. It hasn't leaked since. Well this morning when I went to change his dressing his button came out. The balloon was totally deflated. So I checked it and sure enough there was a hole in the balloon. The only spare button I had was the 1.2, so I put that in. I hadn't had a chance to order the 1.0 yet. Usually a button last's him around 3 months, so when it came out in a week I wasn't prepared.

So when we are at the grocery store I notice that his shirt is soaking wet. The button was leaking all over the place. So when I got home I dug into my g-tube emergency kit. I have like 6 of them because they have a new rule at the hospital that anyone with a g-tube needs to have an emergency kit taped to their bed. I take them all home with me. We had to put the foley catheter in until tomorrow and I can have them bring me out a button.

Isn't it lovely?

And since our clothes were soaked we got to spend the rest of the day in our jams. Thats ok, its Sunday.

Last night Jax played at his aunts house while we went on a date. She got some really cute pics of him. I will post them when she emails them to me.