My son Jesse, 12 1/2 , pumping for 1 1/2 years uses the MM 6mm
quicksets. He is very lean,its hard to find any fat on his body. He
mainsly uses his butt and upper waist for sites... When he bagan
pumping, he only used his stomach... I had to bribe him to try using
other sites..
Stacey
Belle Harbor, New York


> Andrea Zians <azians@h...> wrote:
> 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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