Feeding tube change

We have to change Katie's g-tube "button" every 3 months. The first 2 changes the surgeon did it, to make sure that she had the proper size, but now it was our turn to change it at home! I was a little nervous, because I had a traumatic experience at the Doctors office when he changed her tube for the first time. I will spare you the story if you don't already know it. But it was BAD!
This was a walk in the park:)
First here is what a Gtube looks like. The part from my thumb up is what sits on the surface of her skin. The tube part goes in through a hole in her belly directly into her stomach. The balloon on the bottom is what holds it in. You deflate the balloon to remove it and to put a new one in, since the hole is small.
So shiny and new!

Here is her old tube in place.

And the brand new one. Yes I realize to you it probably doesn't look any different.

And this is the old yucky tube. You can see why they need to be changed frequently, because the stomach acids eat away at it.

I was nice and didn't post any photos of the hole in her tummy, since I know some people don't like that kind of stuff. But it really is facinating how it all works!