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To: winstonchurchill
More slurry pumping

THere is no "pumping" with a feeding tube. It's gravity flow.

346 posted on 04/15/2005 11:58:44 PM PDT by The Red Zone ( Florida, the sun-shame state and Georgia, the rotten peach.)
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To: The Red Zone
THere is no "pumping" with a feeding tube. It's gravity flow.

No, a large syringe is attached to the tube and the excess stomach fluids removed to make room for the slurry, then the syringe is used to push the slurry through the tube into the stomach.

350 posted on 04/16/2005 12:13:10 AM PDT by winstonchurchill
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