He's now got something called eakin wound pouch, prior to that it was a combination of trying to cut normal stoma bags to fit and various gauze and sticky plaster, which was the equivalent of trying to stop a running tap with toilet paper (my exaggeration). Unfortunately the dehis pouches cost about £10 each... so they dont use them as standard. I'd been searching and searching for treatment of abdominal dehisence but never came up with them, soon as you know the name though its easy to find them.
These things actually stick and one pouch can sometimes last 2 days because they can be drained.
Compare to us going through about 6 stoma bags and god knows how much gauze and tape and special sticky stuff per day - not to mention the hassle and mess from a burst stoma bag which is designed to collect pee not fistula discharge.. it actually works out cheaper
Plus the wound is now healing properly with these bags which it wasnt doing before because it was constantly wet. Just need for him to put weight back on now and be able to eat and get his strength up. Took him to Maccy Dee's drive through for lunch yesterday because he fancied a burger.. the trick is getting him to eat anything he's so frail now :/
Sorry 7LM seem to have really taken over your topic, and just looked at attempting to split it but cant everything is all muxed up.
Hits self on the head with moderator hammer and slaps self say do not do it again
* kitz is duly disciplined and will try to behave before Eric is forced to bring out the banning stick.
