Aww, Charm what a bugger! At least it happened to someone who could analyse the problem and apply themselves to the solution and not someone new and coming to terms with the whole concept of tube feeding. I can't imagine what Alex would have done if this had happened him at the beginning. We also questioned button vs "tail" but the hospital refused point blank to consider the button but never really gave us any real reasons. I assumed they had no contract with the button company and it was all too difficult to buy it in for short term (we thought) use.

With any luck, the new company product WILL be better and if not, make sure you swallow a magnet as part of your diet.

We watch your progress (and tenacity) with interest.

Karen
PS I worked with quite a few children with pica years ago - the worst being the one who managed to swallow a little under half a tennis shoe. Of course, she couldn't complete the job, necessitating emergency surgery and we never did find the other part of the shoe.