Has Anyone ever seen this before?

[Guest guest]

Attention All Parents with Kids on G-Tubes,

Have any of you ever seen the phenomenon where the ballon at the end

of the G-tube gets shredded internally?

A freind of mine whose daugher has Cebral Palsey and aspiration

issues is on a " temporary g-tube. " The balloon on the end keeps on

getting shredded in her system. They can't figure it out? They

thought it was the Prevacid because it would be coated with the

granules from that med, but even when they stopped her on that, the

balloon keeps on getting mangled.

I honestly have never heard of that happening and I've heard alot

about g-tubes on this site.

Any idea's, suggestions or fix it would be appreciated.

The girls name is Hannah and she is three.

Kearns

Mom to Graham 7 ADD; Cameron 4; Connor IUGR RSS Assymetry, Prevacid,

Zantac, Kyphosis.

[Guest guest]

,

I am not quite sure what you mean by her g-tube getting shredded, but the

balloon on my

son's g-tube sometimes decomposes if that is what you mean. Unless I have a

problem

with his g-tube, I change it every 3 months. The balloon is usually black or

green looking

from the stomach acid eating away at it. Occasionally, the balloon has deflated

because it

had a hole in it. I have no way of knowing how long the tube has been that way

before

discovering it, but it has only actually come out once for that reason. Many

times the g-

tube stays in even with the balloon deflated. What kind of g-tube is she using?

How often

does this happen? I would have her call the company who makes the g-tube to see

if they

have had any complaints similar to hers.

Kim C.

> Attention All Parents with Kids on G-Tubes,

>

> Have any of you ever seen the phenomenon where the ballon at the end

> of the G-tube gets shredded internally?

>

> A freind of mine whose daugher has Cebral Palsey and aspiration

> issues is on a " temporary g-tube. " The balloon on the end keeps on

> getting shredded in her system. They can't figure it out? They

> thought it was the Prevacid because it would be coated with the

> granules from that med, but even when they stopped her on that, the

> balloon keeps on getting mangled.

>

> I honestly have never heard of that happening and I've heard alot

> about g-tubes on this site.

>

> Any idea's, suggestions or fix it would be appreciated.

>

> The girls name is Hannah and she is three.

>

> Kearns

>

> Mom to Graham 7 ADD; Cameron 4; Connor IUGR RSS Assymetry, Prevacid,

> Zantac, Kyphosis.