Hi Portia. Sorry you are having such a rough time. I am using a two
piece coloplast for my appliance. I'm not exactly sure what a eakin
seal is. My wafer is pre cut to fit my stoma. I think its the inch
size, but i would have to look. Anyway I use the coloplast paste with
it. The paste goes around the edge of the hole and when you put the
stoma through some of the paste pushes through and seals up what
opening is left so he wno't get burnt. Don't worry about the stoma
bleeding. I've been told that this is normal and mine does it almost
every time I change it. There should be a stoma (skin care nurse) at
the hospital that would be able to answer a lot of your questions. If
I can be of any help feel free to email me. Take care

Sara


--- In ileostomy@yahoogroups.com, "a1cwalterz" <a1cwalterz@y...> wrote:
> 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