Thanks for the advice. I brought her into the city last night, to the hospital where she had her ca treatment, and they took care of everything. 10 hours in the ER, but everything is repaired and appears to be working well. I'm a little ticked they couldn't handle this at the first hospital, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised. I'm on hour 30 and the double espresso isn't doing it's magic, so I'm off to dreamland. Have a nice 4th everyone and thanks again.

Mom's caregvr. DDS failed to dx 01/03. Dx Stg IV SCC 05/03. Induct. chemo, IMRT, 5FU, H, Iressa, Neck disect, radiation. Dad's caregvr. Dx 01/04 Ext. Stg SCLC. Mets to liver/bone 08/04. Died 11/12/04. Mom tongue CA dx 06/13, hemiglossectomy (80% removed) 08/13. Clean margins and nodes, but PNI. 6/15/15: Tongue CA at base of remnant tongue. Declined further tx; hospice.
Died 10/13/15. What a long and difficult journey.