Hello, Kris has had a PEG inserted twice now. He has had the current PEG for the last 2 years - although does not use it.
The first time it was done as an outpatient and I took him home about an hour after it was placed. The second was placed a few days after his salvage surgery when he was an inpatient.
Kris experienced absolutely no pain , he just described it as minor discomfort.
When he did need to use the PEG I used a 50 ml catheter tip syringe and pushed the feed through. As Gloria said, it took less than 5 mins. The key is to always flush after feeds with warm tap water. At least another 50 mls.
We used a drain sponge type dressing initially as there is always some ooze in the first few days. After about a week we stopped using anything around the flange/PEG as we found that this just keeps it warm and moist which is a great environment to encourage bacteria/infection.
About once a month now Kris uses a steroid cream to dissolve the granulation ( pink ) tissue that keeps on growing around the site. for this 24 hour period he does put a dressing on to mop up the goo.
Otherwise no problems.
I applaud your want to blend foods for him. Kris refuses to let me have anything to do with his nutrition and I have had to let it go. There are some sites dedicated to blenderised diets - I'm sure you will find them on a Google search. Many tube users use blenderised foods. The key is making them thin enough liquids to go through the tube and flushing very well after. i hope you do give it a try. I would advise a good blender such as the Vitamix.
Hoping all goes well,
Tammy