whew,

Ok the PEG is in. It was a long night, Hubby was in a lot of discomfort mainly from air in his abdomen, stomach and diaphram. Looks like it is finally easing this morning.( he did a lot of walking last night to get things moving) I had the nurse push the whole bag of fluids before we left and he was real good about drinking last night. He got 60ozs down before bed. The home health nurse will be by today to train me in care and use. At th moment Hubby is not too sure he should have done this. (~grin~ I expected him tofeel exactly this way an can't blame him one bit) He is so over being poked and prodded and having some sort of new pain form one thing or another. But I'm confident in a day or two he'll feel better and in a week or two he'll be real glad he had it done early rather then later.
It's a strange feeling right now. Looking forward to the next 3 weeks because it means we'll be done! and knowing at the same time that this is going to be the hardest thing he has ever had to do.


Ija wife-husband 47y healthy nonsmoker,nvr chewed.Dx SCC 01/05 primary left anterior toungue w/2 surgeries 02/05 no rad/chemo recurrence 12/07 no rad/chemo. 07/08/08 modified lt radical neck disection 3 nodes removed 2 pos SCC. TX 090808 taxol & carboplatinx7 radx37 w/ethyol.