G-tube Out - Oh No!

I always figured Ben's G-tube would accidentially be pulled out from his belly eventually... I just didn't know when. Well last night we got to experience this! Our night nurse noticed that Ben rolled over, whimpered a little, then fell back asleep. Shortly after that, she started to smell formula. She checked his bed and it was soaked! After following his G-tube all the way up, she noticed it wasn't in his belly, but laying next to him - water balloon still in tack. It must have pulled out when he rolled over (pretty amazing that all Ben did was wimper considering there is a water filled balloon in his stomach holding the G-tube in and that just ripped out). Because the stomach is such a big muscle, the hole starts closing immediately. I was still up and she came in and got me. We tried to put his current size tube in, and it didn't fit - the hole was already too small. We tried the size smaller and still didn't fit. So I grabed a suction catheter and shoved that into his stomach just to make sure the hole didn't close completely. The last thing I wanted to do was go to the hospital for the night because we were suppose to get bad winter storms starting at midnight (which we did). The nurse and I kept on trying to switch back and forth from the catheter to the smaller G-tube, hoping to get it in. After holding the smaller size G-tube in the stoma and applying a great deal of force, over time we were able to get it in. What a relief! And the best part of all, sweet Ben was so good during the whole process. He only cried a few times, played with his slinky the rest. He is such a trouper. Crisis averted!