That was easier today. / myLot

Daytona Beach, Florida

February 15, 2025 3:46pm CST

Recently, cleaning George's stoma has been the hardest part of being his caregiver. He's good about everything else, including flushing his tube. I was able to clean his tube site, and discovered that while bright pink, it wasn't as bad as I'd thought and I feel like I was able to clean it better. so, I'm thankful for that. Normally it goes on for hours, but I got him when he was chilled and relaxed. I need to do it around this time everyday and we might get this puppy cleaned up.

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much2say

@much2say (57177)

• Los Angeles, California

16 Feb

Oh gosh, well if it normally takes hours, this was definitely good. Hope this gets to be routine and make things easier on you!

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Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (75045)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

16 Feb

Well, we'll see tomorrow. took me a bit longer to do, because I used a pre-measured syringe filled with salline to rinse the stoma and loosen the gunk that'd collected. If I can keep the gunk off, the skin won't be so raw. At least it looks pink.

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much2say

@much2say (57177)

• Los Angeles, California

17 Feb

@kaylachan You literally have this down to a science - sheesh, you've been doing this for a while now - you know how it goes.

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Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (75045)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

18 Feb

@much2say Yeah. He still puts up a fight, but if I catch him at the right time. It's usually pretty easy.