he's been through the barrium swallow tests (2) and has had extensive swallowint therapy....but the swallowing just gets worse and worse. He has had a PEG tube for 2 years now, but continued to eat and drink a little (very little). Could be getting the aspiration pneumonia from that or from the PEG tube feeding....PEG tubes can cause aspiration pneumonia, too.

They finally inserted the NG tube this morning (it took them every EKG, CT scan, Ultrasound, blood test know to man to finally bring them around to deciding the elevated heart enzymes, etc are due to the pneumonia and malnutrition).

Anyway, he hates the NG tube. Says it hurts his nose like crazy. Does that go away with some time?