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Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 1,275 Likes: 8 | Is your husband taking in food by mouth? If not, one can of formula a day is way too little. Depending on the weight of the patient, it may have to be five or six cans a day. The dietitian should be able to do the calculations and figure it out for you. Give him water before and after giving him the formula -- you want to flush the feeding tube and it is a way of ensuring he gets the fluids he needs. John weighs 180 lbs and he needs six and a half cans of Nutren 1.5, and, in addition, 180 ml of water each time he gets a feeding. Even when he was still eating food and drinking, the dietitian told him to take in two cans of Boost Plus a day so that he gets the essential vitamins and minerals.
Gloria
She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails... Elizabeth Edwards
Wife to John,dx 10/2012, BOT, HPV+, T3N2MO, RAD 70 gy,Cisplatinx2 , PEG in Dec 6, 2012, dx dvt in both legs after second chemo session, Apr 03/13 NED, July 2013 met to lungs, Phase 1 immunotherapy trial Jan 18/14 to July/14. Taxol/carboplatin July/14. Esophagus re-opened Oct 14. PEG out April 8, 2015. Phase 2 trial of Selinexor April to July 2015. At peace Jan 15, 2016.
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