Hi Anne Marie thanks for the encouragement for Nathan. I am his mom and do get on here from time to time. He has met some great people on this site and I think those people like you will help him through this. He has just had a bad last 7 days. The mucositis has taken its toll and he is unable to swallow much of anything. The PEG was necessary to keep him hydrated and out of the hospital and missing treatments. He is so close now. It is just something he never wanted but now is necessary. I hate that this disease takes people to the brink of death to cure them. I pray that researchers will come up with a better way someday. But until then as the doctor told us this is all they got to fight with. He is almost there and we have to keep encouraging him that this will get better. Thanks to all of you again that have supported him through this.