Cecostomy
A Cecostomy (c-tube) is placed in your child’s belly and connects to his intestine. It is a thin, soft plastic tube that is put into your large bowel through a tiny hole in your abdomen. The C-tube allows you to put a flushing (irrigating) solution directly into your bowel. The solution flushes the stool out through your bottom (anus).
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Stalen got his cecostomy in September 2020. He had it until January 2022. Then he got an Ileostomy.
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Ileostomy
Ileostomy is a stoma constructed by bringing the end or loop of small intestine out onto the surface of the skin, or the surgical procedure which creates this opening. Intestinal waste passes out of the ileostomy and is collected in an external ostomy system which is placed next to the opening.
On January 7, 2022 Stalen got an ileostomy. He did amazing and was up walking only a few hours after his surgery. However, after we arrived home he had some complications and had to be rushed back to the hospital. On January 16, 2022 Stalen had a stoma revision surgery. He is doing quite well and adjusting to life with an ileostomy.
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What is a g-tube?
A gastrostomy tube (also called a G-tube) is a tube inserted through the belly that brings nutrition directly to the stomach. It's one of the ways doctors can make sure kids who have trouble eating get the fluid and calories they need.
Stalen got his g-tube in March 2022 at the age of 7. He has gained over 11lbs, in the 4 months since his surgery.
Stalen still eats all his favorite foods too!
The g-tube has helped so much with increasing his calorie intake, gaining weight, taking medication and staying hydrated.