Portia,
We could not use the eakin seals with em... they just did not stick well enough.
Have you tried using a hair dryer to warm the wafer a bit? That helps, too. I
am so sorry you are having such a time of it... oh, i do remember those days
with em (her stoma is now 15 months old), and it was awful....
sue
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> I am new to the group. I have a 6 month old son who has an ileostomy. <BR>
> I am having the hardest time with his stoma. I am using convatec two <BR>
> piece system with eakin seals underneath. His stoma is a little less <BR>
> than 1 inch but I cut the seal to 1 inch and I pull at the edges of <BR>
> the eakin seal until it appears to be 1 inch. I hold it in my hands a
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> bit to warm it up and then I beg a child that cannot speak to PLEASE <BR>
> NOT POOP so it will be dry so the wafer will stick. I have gotten <BR>
> pretty good at getting it dry so that the thing will stick but now my <BR>
> biggest problem is the damn thing bleeds it's like the wafer bumps the <BR>
> stoma and pisses it off. I tried cutting the wafer to have a much <BR>
> bigger hole than he needs and that only tore the skin around the stoma <BR>
> up. Please someone tell me what the hell I am doing wrong. My poor boy <BR>
> is having to have his whole pouch system changed 2-3 times a day.<BR>
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> Thanks in advance!<BR>
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