My 22 year old son, who became a quad about 6 months ago, has had numerous
issues since initial hospitalization. The most recurring is UTI and some
bladder infections. He was in a hospital and rehab for 3-1/2 months total.
He had a foley for 2 months initially. After the 2 months, cathing began
every 4 hours. About a month after cathing began he started to urinate
between caths. He complained of the mess and they put a Texas catheter on him
and still cathed every 4 hours. After about 3 weeks of being at home (I was
cathing and dealing with the Texas catheter) his penis became quite
raw. About 3 times more urine coming out of him was going into the catheter
bag as opposed to cathing. I asked that a foley be put in due to all this.
A few people have told us a super pubic will cause a lot less UTI's and much
less invasive on the body. Please share your views on a super pubic versus a
foley or
cathing.
Many thanks for any replies!
