Hi Shaylynn

My partner Steve got an infection at his peg site and the doctor's had to release it as well, like they did yours. His was released because an abscess had developed under it but either way it was too tight. He was in agony when they loosened it. When they released it this caused the stomach acids to leak through around the wound causing him severe burns. His peg was done in week 2 of 7 weeks of treatment and we are now 4 weeks post tx. He still has alot of scaring and is on stomach acid reducing medication but apart from that he has healed up well. I suppose I just want you to know what to be on the lookout for just incase as I would hate for someone else to go through this. Luckily this was a rare occurence. Basically we do the same as you do though, just keep it clean and keep guaze under it. All going ok now. Hope it all works out ok for you. We had our share of problems with the peg but it didn't take long for us to realise just what a godsend the peg is.

Wendy