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Dementia, Cancer, a Colostomy and now a Catheter
Caregivers | Last Active: Oct 18 2:21pm | Replies (16)Comment receiving replies
Thank you for your first-hand observations. It is always comforting to hear from someone who knows. So far, the clots are relatively small. Today, I have been pretty busy moving things along, so there has been no time to dwell on the possibility of larger clots. With your info in my arsenal, I will not freak out. As a precaution, I have requested home visits by a nurse. Hopefully, that will happen. But I am already trying to figure out a better place to hang the containment bag at night to avoid finding it on the floor. If today was busy, it was not too hard on us. We are old hands at this and still laugh a lot. GloRo
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I am so sorry for the mounting challenges in caring for your loved one. You have my deepest respect and heartfelt compassion.
I care for my father, who is almost 93. He has a urostomy bag that hooks into a larger night bag. The night bag has an area to place a hanger specially made for the bags. We take a small bucket like you can buy at the grocery for mopping, etc, place a trash bag in it and fold it over the sides, and hang the night bag from the side and into the bucket. That way if there is a leak, dribble, or splash, it is hopefully contained. I change out the trash bag frequently, and spray the bucket down with rubbing alcohol (we have not had leaks in the four years he has been doing this method, so the spray down is ok). Hope this helps a little…..