Am I being too sensitive?

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I saw this ad today while browsing. I found three more like it (below). In the first add it looks like a baby's tummy (click-- to big to post here), and the first thing I saw was a feeding tube because my daughter has one. The other ads look more like adults (I noticed someone added hair to the last one, but still . . ) Am I being too sensitive or are these ads in poor taste? I spend so much effort trying to normalize her tube so she's not ashamed of it, and then they post stuff like this. (Some trach moms I know would be upset too, probably.)

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Like one of the previous posters, my son had a g-tube and a trach. I didn't see anything like those in these ads. I only saw a joke about deflating your flabby areas... if only it was that simple!

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Specializes in CVICU.

I like the ad, and I agree, whoever designed it probably has no idea what a trach or a PEG looks like. Just looks like deflating a beach ball or something to me, but I can see where you are coming from. However, I don't think the artist aimed to have the ad resemble medical devices.

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Specializes in Emergency Nursing.

Your certainly entitled to feel how you do feel, I'm sorry if it hurt your daughters feelings or made you feel bad. When I saw the ads I personally thought of deflating a beach ball so I wasn't offended but I guess I can sorta see where your coming from.

!Chris :specs:

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