Thanks Meredith, we've asked our primary care doc for a referral to a gastroenterologist, since the surgeon can't seem to figure out why this "sucking in" thing keeps happening...good news is that things are going much better with the tube (aside from sucking in thing) and HURRAH, we finally got some gravity feeding bags from the company that provides us with the Jevity--still, I had to call them and ask if they had them, and none of the medical staff we talked to seemed to know...one nurse with VNA thought the Advantacare people might have such a thing. So, Jim is finally able to get more nutrition, we're up to 1700 calories today.
Question...Jim wanted me to ask if there are any tips for dealing with the mucus/gagging problem...I imagine water/fluids might help thin the secretions?? he is having difficulty getting more than about 16 oz H2O through drinking, gets a bit more through the tube flushings etc. Any tips on this would be more than welcome.

Jan