Tammy,

Reg has an NG tube but because the swelling is so bad the docotr now wants him to have a peg tube. We hop to have that placed this coming week or next. I know his nose is really bleeding alot, both down the back of his throat and out the nostril. I have put some gauze there but it is just very sore. I am making sure he is getting 2500 calories and 48 oz. of water daily. Plus the little bit of water he is sipping. Right now he has a pretty bad bloody irritation above his stoma where the lary tube is cutting into to the swollen tissue. The doc is aware and says the skin is just pissed off and it will get better. It's alot of work to keep cleaned. But I'm managing. Today he seems pretty discouraged so I just let him watch his sports and don't push.