OP Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | The time it exceeded 60mL was the first feeding in the hospital, and they were also giving me a bolus of IV fluids that may have been the reason (and I was on my back). It's never exceeded that at home. I have seen as high as 50 mL residual but typically its between 0-25mL. I also hydrate myself between feedings so that might factor in. I'm getting Nestle fiber sourceHN which is 300 cal/250 mL (same as Jevity).
Gary Allsebrook *********************************** Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2 Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy) ________________________________________________________ "You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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