Just in case you're faint-hearted, this is your warning.
Every 3 months or so, Jordan's Mic-Key button needs to be replaced. So, I did it tonight, and of course, now that I'm not queasy about it, photodocumented it.
1. Extract water (5 ml) from the "bulb"
2. Pull out button
3. Insert new button
4. Insert water (5 ml) into the "bulb"
Easy as pie.
Now, for the gorier parts:
All the supplies (new Mic-Key, empty syringe for extracting the water from the balloon of the old Mic-Key, syringe with 5 cc water to put into the new Mic-Key balloon)
Extract the water from the old button, and pull it outSadly, her stoma has a lot of granulation tissue, we are working hard to get it cleared up!
1 comment:
Might be gore but I appreciate it! LOL Zachary is going to be getting a gtube in about 6 weeks. I need to know all about it. Looks pretty similar to changing a trach!
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