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Tag Archives: nasogastric tube
Taking a stand against tube-feeding crimes and negligence
Someone needs to say it: tube-fed children and their families are being neglected and often outright abused by a dehumanizing, misguided health “care” system. If you don’t believe me, read on. Or at the very least, get a glimpse of … Continue reading
Posted in Frustration Station, NG tube, occupational therapy, Research and resources, The tube, Tube weaning
Tagged criminal negligence, feeding aversion, feeding issue, g-tube, GERD, graz model, markus wilken, medical negligence, nasogastric tube, NG tube, ng tube weaning success, occupational therapy, reflux, seattle children's hospital, tube feeding, tube weaning success, tube-fed babies, tube-fed children, weaning
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Support and community for parents of tube-fed children
Trying to wean your child off of a tube? Bravo! You’ll find comfort, resources, and encouragement in this online support group: Tube Fed Children Deserve to Eat It’s a social network powered by Ning Grouply, with the purpose of “Connecting … Continue reading
Posted in Research and resources, The tube, Tube weaning
Tagged baby, feeding aversion, feeding issue, GERD, Graz method, graz model, infant, infant nutrition, nasogastric tube, ng tube weaning success, parents of tube fed children, reflux, social network, tube feeding, Tube weaning, tube weaning success, weaning
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Behold: Tube weaning research and guidelines
When is the last time a research paper made you cry? Around the time of Stella’s wean, and since then, I’ve come across information that moved me on many levels. I’d like to pass along these sought-after papers to as … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Research and resources, The tube, Tube weaning
Tagged Austria, baby, bottle feeding, bottle refusal, child, Child & Adolescent Nutrition, dysphagia, enteral feeding, feeding issue, food refusal, g-tube, Gastrostomy, Graz, Graz method, graz model, ICAN, infant, Infant Mental Health Journal, infant nutrition, infantile feeding disorders, Marguerite Dunitz-Scheer, nasogastric feeding tube, nasogastric tube, NG tube, ng tube weaning guidelines, ng tube weaning success, oral aversion, Stella Johnson, tube feeding, Tube weaning research, tube weaning success, tube-fed infants, weaning
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Meet Diego
Back in mid-November, when Stella’s NG tube was put into her cute nose and down into her then-hungry and confused tummy, I was understandably freaked out. I wondered if it was the right thing to do. I worried about how … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, The tube, Tube weaning
Tagged awesomeness, baby, feeding aversion, feeding issue, gastroenterology, GERD, gi, nasogastric tube, new parents, NG tube, ng tube weaning success, premature baby, premature birth, reflux, rocio and diego, tube feeding, tube weaning success, weaning
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