Hi. I am looking for some information for my daughter (pumper aged 6). She
has been pumping for almost three years now. We have been doing great, but
the one problem we have is sites. We use primarily her abdomen (she won’t
let us put the set anywhere else). She is very tiny and she does not have a
lot of fatty tissue.

The problem we are now finding is that the skin on her abdomen has become
tough from using the pump (not scarred, the doctor said it is not scar
tissue) and that makes it harder to get the inserter needle into her skin.
This then causes a lot of upset when we need to change the infusion set
(despite the EMLA patch we use).

We are currently using the Minimed Silhouette. She is on the Minimed 512.
We have been advised that the infusion sets that go in on an angle are
better for small children like my daughter. My question is this: Are there
any really good creams or ointments that other people use or have used that
will help keep her skin from getting damaged? Does anyone with small
children use better infusion sets that are compatible with the Minimed 512?
Has anyone else experienced this and is there a way to try and reverse some
of the damage caused to the skin on her abdomen? Thanks.

Shanah tovah
From Canada

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