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Pump Pouch Problems

Purpl1sh

Purpl1sh

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Location
London/Surrey
Type of diabetes
Carer
Treatment type
Pump
My son has just started using the pump this week so i followed a pouch tutorial online to wear round his waist. It's fine but the wire won't stay in the pouch! We tuck it in and zip it up tight but 5 mins later it's out again. It's causing nursery concerns as it is a hazard and gets caught by other kids. Does anyone have a solution to this? Thanks in advance.
 
Hi @Purpl1sh ,

When I started on my pump six months ago I found that I was fearful of getting the hosepipe caught on something - so while I got used to it I taped the hosepipe to my skin in a couple of places.

I have a brilliant pouch for my pump (I'm fully grown, so I don't know how your little 'un's one compares) and I always wrap the hosepipe round and round the pump, so there's not much spare, before I pop it into the pouch. That way it can't escape. If you do that and then perhaps Micropore it to his skin in 2 places - where it leaves the pouch and then again close to the cannula, it might make it less likely to be pulled on.

Hope he's getting on well with it otherwise.

:)
 
Tape!! I did not think of that. Thank you, will try it. Doesn't seem to bother him but the nursery are concerned about it being a hazard.- he's 4.

First week so only on saline but go live with it next week!

Thank you.
 
Just roll the excess into a hosepipe and tape it, also always put a bit of tape a couple of cm from the cannula this way any tug on the line wont yank out the cannula the tape takes the strain :)
 
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