Stacey

While a PEG may not be an option since it's hard to put an endoscope down an irridated throat especially with vomiting, have you asked your hospital's interventional radiology department about putting in a feeding tube. I was in the absolute worst shape, just released from ICU after my salvage surgery with over a week still to go in the hospital and totally bedridden when they wheeled me down to the Interventional radiology surgery room, put a fluroscope over my stomach, used a scapel to open it and inserted a feeding tube. I was choking on the NG tube.

Parental nutrition is an option but really complex, so ask why they are not using the IR department so he can a G tube. I've never heard of any patient being too sick for that. Of course I was at a CCC which routinely does this for patients too sick for a PEG.
Charm