I recently did a post on weaning Ryan from his feeding tube and I wanted to add one more thing. Ryan had an NG-tube for about 18 months. He then had a G-tube for an additional 9 months. I don’t know why we didn’t get him a G-tube sooner. NG tubes are meant to be temporary. Not like 18 months temporary, but up for 3 or 4 months temporary. They seem easy, but they have a lot of worry and medical issues that come along with them. One is that they caught pretty easily on things and replacing them can be tricky. You can certainly learn to place one correctly, but it’s also pretty easy to place one incorrectly down the patient’s trachea and into the lungs.
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Hi Leighann…You have certainly learned a lot on your journey with Ryan. I think it is great that you want to pass advice along to anyone who might be going through the same kind of things. That’s how my daughter Lynnette is…she wants to encourage anyone who needs it.
God is faithful…and I know she wants to be faithful too as she tries to help people.
You have been such a trooper through your journey. You are such a good mother.
Love, Linda