Using the PEG tube

After a lesson from nurse Jody Gannon, I used the PEG tube to give Wendy three square meals yesterday. She can take much more nourishment this way, and what we both found encouraging was that in addition to the high protein high calory fluid called Resource # 2.0 through the PEG tube, she also had her regular supper by mouth. Her regular supper is one of Richard's specialties, lightly curried fish or chicken pesto or one of his other tasty dishes, blended, seived, frozen into cubes, then thawed, heated, seived again and served in a soup dish. Richard's gourmet meals are delicious, so it's great that Wendy still enjoys them enough to have one of these after her high energy fluid through the tube direct into her stomach. If we can keep this up, we will soon get some flesh back on to her bones. Today is her fourth since the PEG and she is getting some bounce back into her steps, graduated from the wheelchair to the walker. At this rate, with all these high energy meals, we'll have her ready for the triathalon in time for the next olympic games.