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Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 38 | Here's an update on Mom--took her to the ER Monday after spending the morning being railroaded by ENT and Interventional Radiology. Wasted 5 hours in the ER as they were comfortable exchanging the J/G for a regular PEG, but that was all ER was willing to do. Thankfully, we have an appt this afternoon with IR to replace the J/G tube. AND thanks to y'alls expertise I will make an appt for a tube replace 3 months from today!
Mom age 84 dx stage IV papillary cancer mandible 10/10; non-smoker, drinker, HPV-. Surgery 2/16/2011; mandibulectomy. 0 pos lymph nodes, has been in long-term hospital since March 2011. Returned home 8/11, permanent PEG tube.
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