Deb,

I was concerned about the arrangement with our "lodge" option. It is the opposite what you describe - mostly for patients only - family can stay if they have room, there is a fee (minimal $70/wk for each patient, a little more if you want a meal plan), patient must be able to care for themselves - they do have small staff of nurses, however are not equipped to give a lot of care individually to patients staying there. So you see, I'm weighing this option but I don't like the thoughts of him there on his own.......we'll see, maybe in the early stages of his treatment. As far as the PEG tube, I'm going to bring it up with his ENT. I have read enough on this site about what one goes through in the "throws" of treatment - I don't like the thoughts of adding more on top of that by getting his PEG tube during treatment. It almost seems to be too much........