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Nearly 8 weeks ago my son Ben (age 4, severe type II) had a gastrostomy operation with a Thal fundoplication. He is putting on weight and seems to be filling out a little (may be our imagination!) but my question is this: Ben needs "venting" (ie air let out of his stomach via his tube) an awful lot, sometimes 20 times a day/night. Is this usual? He has a PEG at the moment. Would things improve with a Mickey button? I look forward to hearing your experiences! Sandra
Posted: Tue May 3, 2005 3:33 pm

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Since I posted that question we have been experimenting with Ben's feeding regime. Instead of trying to get as much as possible as quickly as possible into him during the day we are now giving him 4 small feeds a day at a slower rate and then about half of his daily feed overnight at a very slow rate. This seems (touch wood!) to be working a treat and we hardly have to vent him at all now.

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Mon May 16, 2005 5:07 pm

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