Can you say Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy feeding tube???? Me either but I have one.
They kinda hurt, not too painful unless you move, or burp or sneeze or cough. It feels like Mighty Mouse slugged me under my rib cage. Anyway the procedure is nifty and it only take about twenty minutes of OR time, the rest of the time is prep and recovery (very easy to do for those of you thinking about having this done.)
First they stick a long flashlight with a clippy thing on it down your throat and into your stomach. (Light on for those of you not in the medical field) Then they turn the lights out in the room. Once the lights are out and their eyes have adjusted they look to see where the light is shinning through your abdomen, thus knowing where the stomach is. At this point they stick a needle with a string tied to it into your abdomen trying to hit the light. Once in, they grab the needle with the clip and pull the string back up through your throat and mouth and then into the room. Now they tie the string to the feeding tubing and pull the string and the feeding tube back down to the stomach wall. (The light is still on) With the string in hand they can now cut through the abdomen and the stomach to pull the tube out of your gut and sew it in. There it is, pretty darn basic I think.
I bet with a little alcohol and a campfire at Craine or Marion we could come up with a new male bonding game.
I am going to try to attach a photo to this post but if I fail, (Highly Likely) just imagine a big bald pig tail coming out of my hairy gut. See photo below.
Mombo 2.0
9 comments:
Hey K-Dawg,
Glad your procedure went well! Hey if you keep posting these funny stories I think I'm going to need a hernia repair soon from all the laughing! Your attitude is amazing and will make everything turn out all the better.
The string thing reminds me of Bob trying to get us to puke when we were fishing on the Columbia in all the wind and big waves. He was telling us how he likes to tie a big hunk of pimply chicken skin on a string and swallow it then pull it back up, then swallow it again... That didn't bother you but it sure got me. Yuck!
I'll pass on the male bonding games but thanks for the offer.
tightlines!
Mombo 2.0
Pretty elaborate procedure. Think I saw David Blaine do that on TV a few years ago. Don't think he had a light though, just swallowed a string and pulled it out of his abdomen. I think I like his way better.
Thanks for the update, friend.
RR
Is the tube big enough to squeeze in some ravioli?
The pic didn't go through but if you email it to your work address I can help you try to post it next time your in the shop.
Great stories, Keith! You didn't mention your cool new tattoos!
Keith,
How's the soreness today? Hope your not coughing/sneezing much!
Do we get the pleasure of your presence next week? Let us know what days OK?
See ya soon!
Thanks for reading the post guys. It is nice to know that am not talking to myself. Good to hear from you Ray. Is Pattie Perfect really reeding this blog??
Yes Al I will be in this week. The days depaend on river conditions. I had my first accident this morning with the tube and boy does the inside of a stomach stink.
Talk later guys. Not much going on this next week.
Hey Mombo, As long as you keep the posts coming, we'll keep reading them. And yes, Patty Perfect is following your blog.
I'm herr, just had lots going on this last week. Your story is alot better than Al's. I just about puked when I read about BCB and the chicken skin, ugh, gag me! The stomach tube, piece of cake. How cool is that. And I agree, I don't want to participate in the male bonding games. :)
I can't say that.
This is one more step in creating the most efficient Biomed tech in the field. Now we can just pour fuel down the tube and erradicate the need for breaks!
The procedure went well, you can't even tell that thing is in, it just looks like your dog tags are tangled up...wait, do squids have dog tags? Probably not, those guys don't see any action. I guess it looks like your shirts need ironing.
I can't believe that they got the procedure done that fast, that is amazing.
The springer stinger is unphased, unrelenting, and unstoppable.
OK - I'm thinking you guys do some really weird stuff out on the water and I'm not sure all of it is publishable!
I'm hurtin from laughin tho. Keep up the attitude Keith, we are all with you.
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