We are supposed to leave in the morning. One issue up in the air is his feeding tube. He has thrown up 2 NJ tubes and 2 NG tubes since Thursday. These are the tubes used for natural feeding going into his stomach through a tube down his nose. He also gets intravenous feeds called TPN, he can get total nutrition through this method but the tubes are better because it keeps his gut working. So, without the tube he will drink a bit and eat a bit, not enough to sustain him but enough, in my opinion, to keep his gut working. The TPN can take care of the actual nutrition while we are at home.
Then there is the G tube, this is a tube that provides natural feeding but is placed through the stomach wall under anestetic. It is about a 3 day inpatient procedure. One of my issues last Saturday was that I wanted to get this scheduled so there would be no delay this week in getting it done. Well, the doctor cancelled it for some reason.
They had their chance, if they think they are going to get me and Jr here for 3-4 days during the 10 days before our next scheduled chemo, they are nuts.
No tube, means a happy guy, he hated it the whole time he had and i say good riddance to it.
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