Hey!! First of all, thank you for doing what you do! I'd totally be dead without you guys!!  I have a connective tissue disorder so my tubes are placed surgically by a specialist team in London, England. (It's also a jejunostomy as my stomach is paralysed and had to be bypassed so the normal fluids I leak have little to no acid!)  We can't find a surgeon local to me that will agree to touch me as the risk is so high and I'm so complicated. Not fun!! I hope my explanation of how ultrasound works was okay? I was trying to make it as easy to understand as possible. Thanks so much for your well wishes, it was a lot more than just redness though! My normally inverted stoma scar was swollen outwards like a balloon and leaking vast amounts of pus, even after a week of antibiotics. It seems that I did have a minor abscess under the stoma scar itself, hence it puffing up and leaking like it did. Luckily it's burst open and seems to have drained most of the pus, it's mostly just bleeding now with only a small amount of pus coming out. My genetic condition means I don't heal well though so they're worried that this open hole in my scar will turn into a fistula, requiring they remove and re-site the tube entirely. It's a waiting game! I've been taking daily pics since the infection began. If you're interested then I'll try and post an album tomorrow (it's past 2:30am here, don't fancy doing it tonight!)  It went from a slightly swollen, inverted scar (I don't really have a pic of it when completely normal but do have early pics of the infection) to a pus-filled balloon in just a few days, even with broad spec antibiotics. I have almost no immune system due to my condition. My bloods came back showing my white cell count wasn't even slightly raised even though the swabs of the stoma showed a horrific infection. My body just doesn't react, not good!  Keep your fingers crossed that this lovely new hole I've developed closes. I really don't want more surgery!!