Cleaning The Feeding Tube Area

Psalm 147:3 “He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.”

Cleaning the stomach area where the feeding tube goes into her stomach: To do this, use three different washcloths. One to wash area, one to rinse area and one to dry area. After I clean stomach area I use a Q-tip and put Neosporin ointment around the area. Now I place two drain pads one going up and one going down then I tape the feeding tube in place with paper tape. The drain pads I use are soft they are really called drain sponges they are made of gauze. I had some that were not as soft as these so be sure to try and get the soft ones. Taking care of the stomach area is very important.

Later,
Rebecca