Annie's Sonogram Results

I took Annie to her pediatrician yesterday when I noticed that her G-button was bothering her. She was flinching and whimpering with pain whenever I touched or twisted her G-button. Although the skin didn't look red, I thought she might have an infection in the stoma, even though her prophylactic antibiotics for UTIs should treat other infections as well.

The pediatrician didn't have any ideas of what could be wrong, so he ordered a full abdominal sonogram that she had done today. The test took almost a whole hour with Annie very uncomfortable. The sonogram was completely normal, but as I watched them scan the area around her G-button, I noticed the tissues arching around the balloon that holds her G-button in. I'm not sure if that's normal or not, but my immediate thought was that she might need a longer G-button stem. I suggested that to the pediatrician and he thought that was a good possibility, considering Annie has never gotten a larger sized button since she was 2 years old! So we'll see if it continues bothering her, and if we still think that's the issue, we'll meet with a surgeon to have him determine what size button she needs.