Guest guest Posted January 2, 2001 Report Share Posted January 2, 2001 My Husband, Ken, had a peg tube for almost 4 years. It was not place nearly as low as Bill says Charlotte's is. Waist line garments were no problem as it was above that. The last couple of years of his life he could not easily be dressed because of indwelling catheter, peg tube, and bowel incontinence, so I kept him in a hospital gown. He was unable to go outside any further than our back screened in porch, so dressing was not an issue. I cut a hole in his hospital gowns, right at the level of the feeding tube, and poked it through his gowns for easy access. One difference, from what Bill has said, was when his tube fell out, it was 9 hours before I could get a doctor to look at it, (because of waiting on an ambulance, and waiting at the Emergency Room) and they could not replace it. They told me it had to be replaced within an hour or the tract would be swelling shut. Several doctors worked on it and tried to replace it - to no avail. Then they scheduled time in surgery to replace it through the esophagus, as it had originally been placed, only to find they could no longer get it through the esophagus as there was a blockage between stomach and throat. This was the ultimate cause of his death, as we could no longer feed, hydrate or medicate him without it. He lived only 12 days. Bernice/ wife and cg to Ken dec. 06/23/00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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