Angelia I would expect you would ask your team about getting a pump, if they are talking about getting you a suction machine no doubt can get the pump as well. Perhaps your medical insurance would pay for the pump and the required supplies. When my husband was on the tube feeding we would run it at night while he slept making his days less restricted.

Caregiver to husband Dx. Stage 4 SCC of gingiva with 3 nodes pos. Partial mandiblectomy with bone graft from iliac crest Dec. 2006. IMRT x30, Cisplatin x3. Completed Tx. March 15, 2007. Osteonecrosis & removal of graft & plate Oct. 2007. Recurrence of SCC Dec. 2007. Deceased Jan. 17, 2008.