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Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 1,275 Likes: 7 | You did not mention if your dad is drinking and using the PEG only for food, or if he is using the PEG for both eating and drinking. The aspiration pneumonia could be from the liquids he drinks, or even from his saliva. Has your dad had a swallowing test? A speech and language pathologist who administers the test can advise you on the correct thickness of the fluids your dad may be drinking. Aspiration pneumonia is dangerous, especially when it is silent aspiration. While you are pursuing a solution for the PEG, I would suggest talking to the doctors about the aspiration pneumonia.
Gloria
She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails... Elizabeth Edwards
Wife to John,dx 10/2012, BOT, HPV+, T3N2MO, RAD 70 gy,Cisplatinx2 , PEG in Dec 6, 2012, dx dvt in both legs after second chemo session, Apr 03/13 NED, July 2013 met to lungs, Phase 1 immunotherapy trial Jan 18/14 to July/14. Taxol/carboplatin July/14. Esophagus re-opened Oct 14. PEG out April 8, 2015. Phase 2 trial of Selinexor April to July 2015. At peace Jan 15, 2016.
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