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04-27-2008, 04:51 PM
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Purple?
The last few times I've checked Alize's residual, his stomach contents have had quite a few purple shreds in them. What do you think? Partially digested blood? No new meds, nothing purple in his diet. Karen
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Karen, married to Charlie. Mom to Gilbete', Jeanette , Andrea, Ben, Ciara, Brian and Brady. Also mom to Alize who is with God. Grandmother to Marek, Paige, Vincent, Leilani and Cayden, Emma and Samuel. 
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04-27-2008, 05:27 PM
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Old blood? It can look kind of purple. There was this one time a few days after Ainsley had her G-tube surgery and she had some bleeding and the stomach contents were a dark brownish purplish color. She ended up having to go back to the hospital for a day or two.
How much are we talking about? Just some strands here and there? That I wouldn't worry about, maybe he pulled his g-tube and it bled a little. If it's a lot that would be concerning.
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SUSAN - Mom to Ainsley (age 6 - DOB 10/18/06) + Evie (age 12) and Adrian (age 9). Adorable and Trached since 11/06 (scarred vocal cords & OSA) but capping with mixed success since 1/09, sagittal craniosynostosis (cranial reconstructions 1/07 & 7/07), MicKey G-tube 06/07, Nissen 10/08, unusual form of cerebellar hypoplasia, hip dysplasia (Surgery 11/07 & 4/10), ptosis(post-surgery). Blog Link: http://ainsleyrae.blogspot.com/ 
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04-27-2008, 06:54 PM
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Is he on prevacid? That turns purple in the tummy, but usually I see dots from Ayden.
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Dawn  former 26 weeker -- 4/2006 -- trach, g-tube, nissen; came home 1/07 vented 24/7; Successfully decanned 8/8/2008 -  Follow decan at: http://sleepy-dogs.blogspot.com/
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04-27-2008, 08:34 PM
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Karen, married to Charlie. Mom to Gilbete', Jeanette , Andrea, Ben, Ciara, Brian and Brady. Also mom to Alize who is with God. Grandmother to Marek, Paige, Vincent, Leilani and Cayden, Emma and Samuel.
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04-27-2008, 08:52 PM
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Jimmy is on prevacid and some days I still see purple in his stomach 10 or 12 hours after he's had it. I think some of it might get stuck inside the mic-key button so it doesn't go away completely untill I'm using it again and it gets flushed all the way down.
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Amanda - James' mommy. Born 8-5-06 @ 33weeks with esophageal atresia and a tracheo-esophageal fitsula. NICU for 16 weeks. G-tube, EA /TEF repair, aortapexy, nissen. Trach 3-27-07 for subglottic stenosis.
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04-28-2008, 07:51 AM
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Jut a thought but could he be "munching" on paper or other items that arent food? Deb
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Grateful thorns have roses 24 weeker now almost 11 years old and in third grade! trach-decanned for good in 2008, gtube, asthma, CP, MR, GERD, latex allergy, osteopenia, aplastic cerebellum, ADHD/OCD, 60 lbs of humor and fiest, 4'4" tall, patient at Shreveport Shriners Childrens Hospital,, and I may be leaving something out but she is happy and growing and the light of our lives! DECANNED 6-17-08 [IMG] [IMG]
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