A Leaky Rectal Tube

How much do you think a rectal tube should cost? To be honest, I had never given it any thought before either, but I was doing an Internet search to try and find some trouble-shooting directions and came across the price.

First of all, do you know what a rectal tube looks like? It's just a plastic bag connected to a tube with an inflatable ball on the end. The ball end is stuck in the rectum, inflated and it then drains really runny diarrhea into a a bag rather than all over the sheets or diaper. It's a great invention when it works.

Our problem was that our patient's rectal tube was leaking. None of us knew exactly what to do about it and we couldn't find any directions anywhere, so that is why I did the Internet search. I found a nice video explaining everything we needed to know, except fix it. Well, they had suggestions, but nothing worked. We'll just have to put up with the patient's leaky butt.

Anyway, have you figured out how much one should cost? I was thinking less than ten bucks. It is $615.00. I think I'm in the wrong business. I should be in the rectal tube business.