OP Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 76 | future FIL came home monday 11/23 just in time for t-giving. today the visiting nurse was at the house, and he had a strange odor that we thought may be from the dead skin of the flap but it was much much stronger today. he also apeared paler and is having a hard time coughing up flem from his trach tube. they sent him to the ER in an ambulance because they are worried this may be a lung infection. he is stable now, nurse said this was precautionary....
*KATIE* future FIL dx with s4 SCC in jaw11/09 15 hour surg/trach/PEG in. 7 weeks of cisplatin/rads. 6/10- cancerous lung nodule- 1 wk of radiation. 8/13 pneumonia. 8/24 pulmonary embolism, on ventillator. 9/3/10 died peacefully w/o pain with family. 9/17/10 my wedding
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