Tuesday Evening......October 23rd

18th day of healing..It might really begin now!

Perhaps we are now really "turning the corner"........

After last night's post, we received a call from Linda's niece, Denise, who lives in Florida and is a nurse supervisor at the local hospital...following the BLOG closely and in particular my last post where I expressed frustration with the complications with the "feeding". Denise's call was simple: "have them xray the placement of the feeding tube".

This morning, Linda called the radiation nurse who immediately set up an xray at the hospital and told us to drive in immediately. To make a long story short....DUH......the xray clearly showed a feeding tube looped within the stomach..still a small bit into the small intestine but clearly set up a "backflow" of food into the stomach causing bloating..discomfort..etc...etc.

Linda then went immediately to the lab where the tube was properly reinserted.....

The theory is that when Linda was having those earlier extreme vomiting sessions....this vomiting caused the tube to back up into the stomach.

Up to two weeks of misery ...when Linda should have been progressing to a much improved state......one would have thought with the years of experience by the Home IV personnel and the hospital dietitians...someone would have an an idea of what might have happened.....but it took a nurse three thousand miles away to figure it out......out hats are off to you Denise.....you are special!

Anyway.....we have "moved on"......we're not dwelling on who should have....

We are now in Portland with the motorhome..getting ready for Son Jim's and new daughter in law Jenn's wedding reception....although we missed the wedding in Mexico...his mother is bound and determined to make the reception....and my hope is now she can continue to move to a "healing state"...for sure her outlook has improved dramatically...the past two weeks took their toll on Linda.

Now let the healing begin for sure!

Dave