Portia,

Do you have a ostomy nurse or someone you can go to for help? It
sounds like you need someone local to guide you in what you need to
do. I wish I had an answer, but I don't.

My heart goes out to you for having to go through this, and for
little boy that has to have an ileostomy.

Kevin



On May 12, 2005, at 06:27, ileostomy@yahoogroups.com wrote:

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> Date: Thu, 05 May 2005 20:54:36 -0000
> From: "a1cwalterz" <a1cwalterz@...>
> Subject: need help
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> I am new to the group. I have a 6 month old son who has an ileostomy.
> I am having the hardest time with his stoma. I am using convatec two
> piece system with eakin seals underneath. His stoma is a little less
> than 1 inch but I cut the seal to 1 inch and I pull at the edges of
> the eakin seal until it appears to be 1 inch. I hold it in my hands a
> bit to warm it up and then I beg a child that cannot speak to PLEASE
> NOT POOP so it will be dry so the wafer will stick. I have gotten
> pretty good at getting it dry so that the thing will stick but now my
> biggest problem is the damn thing bleeds it's like the wafer bumps the
> stoma and pisses it off. I tried cutting the wafer to have a much
> bigger hole than he needs and that only tore the skin around the stoma
> up. Please someone tell me what the hell I am doing wrong. My poor boy
> is having to have his whole pouch system changed 2-3 times a day.
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Portia