Hello Mickey:
When I had an infection in my PEG (opening), I didn't have a much of a temperature at all, just 99.5 and just felt nauseated and crappy. The area around my PEG seemed sore, but I didn't associate it with the way I felt UNTIL I got up in the morning, was walking down the hall, and the PEG literally fell out. All of this brown goop came pouring out. It wasn't a pleasant site or odor. I couldn't reach my gastro doctor, so held a towell over the hole/mess and went to an appointment I had with my chemo doctor. He immediately took a culture. Meanwhile gastro doctor called and said go to hospital to have it re-inserted. I went to hospital, but it was so sore around that area I could not stand the throught of having another put in, so refused. Gastro doctor wasn't happy at all, but since I had been drinking my Jevity for weeks, and managing to swallow my pills (crushed), I decided to try without another PEG. My chemo doctor called and said I had pseudomonas bacteria and prescribed antibiotics (forever, it seemed). So I'm glad I didn't let them put PEG back in. I slowly added small bites to eat with the Jevity, and never had another PEG put in. I think it was a little longer than your timeframe with a PEG, but maybe you'll be able to do likewise. I just picked up on he smelly part of your PEG, and it's something you should have checked out as pseudomonas does have that symptom. Not to scare you, and you won't die from it, but if you have it, you need antibiotics. I wish you well.
Julieann