 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | When he sees the nurses you can ask for him to get suctioned out. This will help get rid of the extra mucous. Try also rinsing several times per day with 16oz warm water, 2 tsp baking soda and 2 tsp salt. If the salt burns cut it down to 1 tsp or is necessary omit it completely. Musinex will help control the mucous too. Ive heard good things about club soda, never used it while I was doing rads.
The Zofran ready tabs is what I use too. I found it very helpful in controlling the nausea. Stay ahead of it and have him take the meds on a regular basis even if he thinks he is ok. Once he gets behind its next to impossible to catch up with the nutrition and fluids.
I have a J/G tube which is a combo of the PEG tube and also the J tube. This works for me better than the PEG tube did.
Push the nutrition and hydration as much as possible. I know its hard, it will be rough for the next few weeks.
Good luck!
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
