The intermitant catheterization is used as a tool in bladder training a neurogenic bladder. I don't think your doctor understands the goal of the treatment. If he does, he has done a poor job of explaining it to you. When you cath your son you should be keeping track of how many CC's of urine are being voided and how much is residual. You should be charting these amounts. As you get less, about 50 CC's from cathing, then go to doing it every 6 hours. If the residual stays low for a few weeks, go to 8 hour intervals and so on at 12, 24, 48 hour intervals. You may want to try using external caths that are self adhesive and inexpensive. You can get samples for free online. Best Wishes,
john ________________________________ From: Dollbug <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 12:16:53 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Super pubic vs foley or cathing 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!
