The Feeding Tube Awareness Foundation estimates that approximately 40% of feeding tube users are children, and there are more than 350 conditions that can require children to need nutritional support via tube feeding.
I am thankful for this medical intervention that has helped many children to live, grow, and thrive. For us, the decision to get a feeding tube for June was complicated, and she did not have her feeding tube placed until she was two-and-a-half years old.
Looking back, I wish the option of a feeding tube had been presented to us differently. Doctors were worried about June’s lack of weight gain and told us a feeding tube would help.
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