Erik just started using the pump at night and it has made a huge difference, in how he feels in the morning. Less vomiting in the AM, and he isnt waking all night feeling stomach pains (hunger) Then during the day, he isnt tied to the pump all day long, he can give a few boluses of food a day and he is good to go.
I cover the pump with a blanket so I dont hear it at night. The only problem we have found with it is that it beeps when it runs dry, and that seems to be around 6:00 in the morning, I have just started putting another can of food in it when I get up in the middle of the night.(bathroom run)


Caregiver to Erik -1st DX 12/22/2005 SCC of Tongue, T3N1M0, hemi-glossectomy,60 nodes removed, carboplatnin,Erbitux, 35Rads.
Reoccurrence T1N0M0 4/14/08-partial glossectomy-16 weeks Erbitux and Taxol-
3rd reoccurrence 5/18/12- partial glossectomy