G-tube stoma site covered in gauze |
Jake's G-tube popped out of place last night when I was putting him to sleep in his crib. It happened so fast that I'm not even exactly sure how it came out...maybe he pulled on it or perhaps the slack of the cord got caught up. Regardless, it popped out like it was nothing and Jake barely cried! I covered the stoma site (hole in his tummy) with gauze, grabbed his extra Mic-Key kit, and we were on our way to the Children's Hospital ER. Grandpa Dennis accompanied Jake and I to the ER because Josh was at work. Once at the ER, we were triaged right away and within less than two hours of the G-tube popping out, the doctors had a new one put in. The site is still so new that it had already started to close a bit, so they had a tough time getting the new G-tube in. It required a bit of stretching of the site, which Jake had a hard time with. I can only imagine how uncomfortable it must have been for Jake, but the doctors were able to get the G-tube placed without use of IV pain medicine or X-rays, which would have been much worse! Our little man is so tough!!We anticipate that this won't be the first time that this happens, but now that the site has healed enough it should be fairly easy for us to re-insert the G-tube on our own.
G-tube with inflated balloon, which is supposed to be INSIDE Jake's tummy |
Oh Sarah - that must have been pretty frightening! Glad to hear everything is ok. Jake is a tough guy for sure!
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