Hi. Where to start - John is not the most compliant patient there is although watching him go through all this, I don't know that I would be either. John has lost 20 lbs and is down to around 153 lbs. He is 5' 9" tall. He is nauseas and gaggy from the mucus. He is taking Zofran and Compazine for the nausea. The home health agency delivered tons of supplies for the feeding tube 2 months ago including the pole with the Kangaroo pump. I tried to get him to use the slow drip and get 5 cans a day in but he refused to try that. I don't understand why because he doesn't leave the house except to go for doctor appointments. Over the weekend he only managed to get 2 cans of Osmolite in so yesterday I "gently suggested" he might want to try the pump.

My question is - what rate to set the pump at. He put 3 cans in and I'm not sure what rate is was at but it took 2 hours to go in. I thought this was to fast. He was up vomiting from 3am until 4:30am this morning. Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated. Wanda