I've been searching the internet for tube feedings and found a couple of sites and even just receipes from other various sites and have bookmarked them. They sound really tasty but it's just been a matter of Carol getting into the mindset of blended/pureed food via the PEG. A month ago I got a blender (who knew it wasn't just used for daiquiris! :)) and this past week I got a small crock pot and a strainer. In another post I had said Carol couldn't eat anything orally....well she made a liar out of me for the last two days. She had a craving for mashed potatoes/gravy and blended carrots that she ate orally. It may have only been a part of one meal for each day but she did it. Gotta love her. She said she could taste the carrots! And the potatoes didn't stick to the roof of her mouth. I'm sure that was because of the heavy topping of gravy. Mind you, she just ate a small portion, couldn't do more orally, but did also take a can of ensure w/whey protein that I diluted a little w/water. Her tummy doesn't growl as loud as it use to!

Carol's nausea was because of the chemo but it's under control right now with the compazine. The fentanyl patch @ 75 mcg/h is doing wonders for her right now, compared to a few weeks ago when she was only scripted lortab no matter how loud we got. She wears it all the time and changes it every 3 days (72 hrs) as prescribed and the stronger dosage of morphine she was given helps with the severe ear pain she gets on occasion. It seemed her ear pain was really bad during the 2 days she didn't have radiation (Saturday and Sunday).